[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Multiple Pktmbuf mempool support

[Thomas Monjalon]

25/09/2017 12:24, Olivier MATZ:
> Hi Hemant,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:43:36PM +0530, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
> > On 7/4/2017 5:52 PM, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
> > > This patch is in addition to the patch series[1] submitted by
> > > Santosh to allow application to set mempool handle.
> > > 
> > > The existing pktmbuf pool create api only support the internal use
> > > of "CONFIG_RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_OPS", which assumes that the HW
> > > can only support one type of mempool for packet mbuf.
> > > 
> > > There are multiple additional requirements.
> > > 
> > > 1. The platform independent image detects the underlying bus,
> > > based on the bus and resource detected, it will dynamically select
> > > the default mempool. This need not to have the application knowlege.
> > > e.g. DPAA2 and DPAA are two different NXP platforms, based on the
> > > underlying platform the default ops for mbuf can be dpaa or dpaa2.
> > > Application should work seemlessly whether it is running on dpaa or dpaa2.
> > > 
> > > 2.Platform support more than one type of mempool for pktmbuf,
> > > depend on the availability of resource, the driver can decide one
> > > of the mempool for the current packet mbuf request.
> > > 
> > > 3. In case of where application is providing the mempool, as proposed
> > > in [1], the check preference logic will be bypassed and application
> > > config will take priority.
> > > 
> > > [1]Allow application set mempool handle
> > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/067022.html
> > > 
> > > Hemant Agrawal (2):
> > >   mempool: check the support for the given mempool
> > >   mbuf: add support for preferred mempool list
> > > 
> > >  config/common_base                   |  2 ++
> > >  lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c           | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > >  lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h     | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_ops.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Olivier,
> > 	Any opinion on this patchset?
> 
> Sorry for the lack of feedback, for some reason I missed the initial
> mails.
> 
> I don't quite like the idea of having hardcoded config:
>  CONFIG_RTE_MBUF_BACKUP_MEMPOOL_OPS_1=""
>  CONFIG_RTE_MBUF_BACKUP_MEMPOOL_OPS_2=""
> 
> Also, I'm a bit reserved about rte_mempool_ops_check_support(): it can
> return "supported" but the creation of the pool can still fail later due
> to the creation parameters (element count/size, mempool flags, ...).
> 
> The ordering preference of these mempool ops may also depend on the
> configuration (enabled ports for instance) or user choices.
> 
> Let me propose you another approach to (I hope) solve your issue, based
> on Santosh's patches [1].
> 
> We can introduce a new helper that could be used by applications to
> dynamically select the best mempool ops. It could be something similar
> to the pseudo-code I've written in [3].
> 
>   // return an array pool ops name, ordered by preference
>   pool_ops = get_ordered_pool_ops_list()
> 
> Then try to create the first pool, if it fails, try the next, until
> it is succesful.
> 
> That said, it is difficult to take the good decision inside
> rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() because we don't have all the information.
> Sergio and Jerin suggested to introduce a new argument ops_name to
> rte_pktmbuf_pool_create() [2]. From what I remember, this is also
> something you were in favor of, right?
> 
> In that case, we can move the difficult task of choosing the
> right mempool inside the application.
> 
> Comments?

I guess this discussion is obsolete since Santosh commit?
	http://dpdk.org/commit/a103a97e