[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal/devargs: add option to supply PCI dev args
Shahaf Shuler
shahafs at mellanox.com
Tue Jun 26 14:48:49 CEST 2018
Hi Pavan,
Friday, June 15, 2018 7:44 AM, Pavan Nikhilesh:
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal/devargs: add option to supply PCI dev
> args
>
> Currently, the only way of supplying device argument to a pci device is to
> whitelist it i.e. -w 000X:00:0X.0,self_test=1. This is not a very feasible method
> as whitelisting a device has its own side effects i.e only the whitelisted pci
> devices are probed.
>
> Add a new eal command line option --pci-args to pass device args without the
> need to whitelist the devices.
> --pci-args 000X:00:0X.0,self_test=1
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at caviumnetworks.com>
Tested-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
It seems to work.
Please see small comments below
> ---
> v2 Changes:
> - Document the option usage in eal_common_usage.
> - Update commit log to be more informative.
>
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c | 3 +++
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c | 9 +++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h | 2 ++
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h | 1 +
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
Should we also update the manual of testpmd (doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst ) for the new eal arg?
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
> index b0434158b..a56bfeea0 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_devargs.c
> @@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ rte_devargs_add(enum rte_devtype devtype, const
> char *devargs_str)
> bus = devargs->bus;
> if (devargs->type == RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI)
> devargs->policy = RTE_DEV_BLACKLISTED;
> + else if (devargs->type == RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI)
> + devargs->policy = RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED;
> +
> if (bus->conf.scan_mode == RTE_BUS_SCAN_UNDEFINED) {
> if (devargs->policy == RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED)
> bus->conf.scan_mode = RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST;
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> index ecebb2923..31eebaa53 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ eal_long_options[] = {
> {OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP, 0, NULL,
> OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP_NUM },
> {OPT_LEGACY_MEM, 0, NULL, OPT_LEGACY_MEM_NUM },
> {OPT_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS, 0, NULL,
> OPT_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS_NUM},
> + {OPT_PCI_DEVARGS, 1, NULL, OPT_PCI_DEVARGS_NUM},
> {0, 0, NULL, 0 }
> };
>
> @@ -1224,6 +1225,12 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char
> *optarg,
> case OPT_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS_NUM:
> conf->single_file_segments = 1;
> break;
> + case OPT_PCI_DEVARGS_NUM:
> + if (eal_option_device_add(RTE_DEVTYPE_NORMAL,
> + optarg) < 0) {
> + return -1;
> + }
> + break;
>
> /* don't know what to do, leave this to caller */
> default:
> @@ -1360,6 +1367,8 @@ eal_common_usage(void)
> " --"OPT_VDEV" Add a virtual device.\n"
> " The argument format is <driver><id>[,key=val,...]\n"
> " (ex: --vdev=net_pcap0,iface=eth2).\n"
> + " --"OPT_PCI_DEVARGS" Pass key-value arguments to a pci
> device\n"
> + " The argument format is
> <domain:bus:devid.func>[,key=val,...]\n"
> " -d LIB.so|DIR Add a driver or driver directory\n"
> " (can be used multiple times)\n"
> " --"OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP" Use VMware TSC map instead
> of native RDTSC\n"
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> index 211ae06ae..d52d38e32 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ enum {
> OPT_LEGACY_MEM_NUM,
> #define OPT_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS "single-file-segments"
> OPT_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS_NUM,
> +#define OPT_PCI_DEVARGS "pci-args"
> + OPT_PCI_DEVARGS_NUM,
> OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM
> };
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> index 3879ff3ca..fb3e5033f 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
> @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ enum rte_kernel_driver {
> * Device policies.
> */
> enum rte_dev_policy {
> + RTE_DEV_NORMAL,
> RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED,
> RTE_DEV_BLACKLISTED,
> };
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
> b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
> index 58fbd90a2..78c600bf2 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_devargs.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
> * Type of generic device
> */
> enum rte_devtype {
> + RTE_DEVTYPE_NORMAL, /* Normal dev with special pci args */
What is "Normal" device? Can we find a better name?
> RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI,
> RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI,
> RTE_DEVTYPE_VIRTUAL,
> --
> 2.17.1
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