[dpdk-users] using rte_flow via tespmd with Intel X552

[Tetsuro Nakamura]

Hi All,

I understand. Then I will wait for the documentation.
Anyway, I appreciate your kind response !

Thank you,

*From:* Lu, Wenzhuo
> *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 10:57 AM
> *To:* Tetsuro Nakamura <xyz1.8tn at gmail.com>; users at dpdk.org
> *Cc:* Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>; Zhao1, Wei <
> wei.zhao1 at intel.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [dpdk-users] using rte_flow via tespmd with Intel X552
>
>
>
> Hi Nakamura,
>
>
>
> *From:* Tetsuro Nakamura [mailto:xyz1.8tn at gmail.com <xyz1.8tn at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 17, 2017 10:36 AM
> *To:* users at dpdk.org
> *Cc:* Adrien Mazarguil; Zhao1, Wei; Lu, Wenzhuo
> *Subject:* Re: [dpdk-users] using rte_flow via tespmd with Intel X552
>
>
>
> Dear Adrien and Wenzhuo,
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for your kind reply.
>
> I tried flow_director_filter API directly using testpmd with the same
> environment.
>
> So let me add more information.
>
>
>
> - Using pktgen-3.0.13, I prepared 2 flows whose dst-Macs are
>  0c:c4:7a:cf:66:11 and 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:12 respectively.
>
> ```
>
> Pktgen> set 0 seqCnt 2
>
> Pktgen> seq 0 0 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:11 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:01 192.168.1.1
> 192.168.0.1/24 1234 5678 ipv4 udp 1 64
>
> Pktgen> seq 0 0 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:12 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:02 192.168.1.1
> 192.168.0.1/24 1234 5678 ipv4 udp 1 64
>
> Pktgen> start 0
>
> ```
>
>
>
> - Then I started testpmd with options of "--rxq=2 --txq=2" and
> "--pkt-filter-mode=perfect-mac-vlan".
>
> - No error had occurred when configuring flow_director_filter.
>
> - When started, all packets were received in Pktgen.
>
> ```
>
> $sudo ./dpdk-17.04/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -l 0-4 -n 4 --
> -i --portmask=0x3 --nb-cores=4 --rxq=2 --txq=2
> --pkt-filter-mode=perfect-mac-vlan
>
>
>
> testpmd> flow_director_filter 0 mode MAC-VLAN add mac 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:11
> vlan 1 flexbytes (0x80,0x00) fwd queue 0 fd_id 1
>
> testpmd> flow_director_filter 0 mode MAC-VLAN add mac 0c:c4:7a:cf:66:12
> vlan 1 flexbytes (0x80,0x00) fwd queue 1 fd_id 2
>
> testpmd> start
>
> ```
>
>
>
> - When queue 0 was stopped, no packet was received in Pktgen.
>
> ```
>
> testpmd> stop
>
> testpmd> port 0 rxq 0 stop
>
> testpmd> start
>
> ```
>
>
>
> - When queue 1 was stopped, all packets were received in Pktgen.
>
> ```
>
> testpmd> stop
>
> testpmd> port 0 rxq 0 start
>
> testpmd> port 0 rxq 1 stop
>
> testpmd> start
>
> ```
>
>
>
> - which (I guess) mean the flow is not supported as you said.
>
> - The mac argument in flow_director_filter is dst-Mac, right?
>
> [Wenzhuo] Yes. It’s dst-mac. It’s the benefit of generic flow API. Using
> generic API  users do know what fields the input are. But the original one,
> users have to check the comments and docs J
>
>
>
> 2017-04-17 9:55 GMT+09:00 Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrien Mazarguil [mailto:adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 5:22 PM
> > To: Tetsuro Nakamura
> > Cc: users at dpdk.org; Lu, Wenzhuo
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] using rte_flow via tespmd with Intel X552
> >
> > Hi Tetsuro,
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:18:28AM +0900, Tetsuro Nakamura wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I'm now trying to use simple L2 function with "Generic Flow API
> (rte_flow)"
> > > using testpmd in dpdk-17.02,
> > > but it doesn't work with the error below.
> > >
> > > -----------
> > > $sudo ./dpdk-17.02/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -l 0-3 -n 4
> > > -- -i
> > > --portmask=0x3 --nb-cores=2
> > >
> > > testpmd> flow validate 0 ingress pattern eth / eth dst is
> > > testpmd> a0:36:9f:78:30:26
> > > / end actions drop / end
> > > Caught error type 9 (specific pattern item): cause: 0x7ffd225adc88,
> > > Not supported by L2 tunnel filter
> > > testpmd> flow validate 0 ingress pattern eth / eth dst is
> > > testpmd> a0:36:9f:78:30:26
>
> > > / end actions queue index 0 / end
> > > Caught error type 9 (specific pattern item): cause: 0x7ffd225adc88,
> > > Not supported by L2 tunnel filter
> > > -----------
> > >
> > > I tried several other flows and got the same error.
> > > I'm using Intel X552 NIC. The firmware-version is 0x800003e7.
> > >
> > > -----------
> > > $ sudo ethtool -i rename6
> > > driver: ixgbe
> > > version: 5.0.4
> > > firmware-version: 0x800003e7
> > > expansion-rom-version:
> > > bus-info: 0000:03:00.0
> > > supports-statistics: yes
> > > supports-test: yes
> > > supports-eeprom-access: yes
> > > supports-register-dump: yes
> > > supports-priv-flags: no
> > > -----------
> > >
> > > My question is,
> > > am I missing some additional settings to do ?
> > > Should I use another firmware version ?
> > > # DPDK 17.02 official release note says the tested firmware version
> > > was 0x800001cf.
> > > # My version, 0x800003e7 is newer, isn't it?
> > >
> > > I don't think the NIC does't support such simple L2 functions.
> > > But if it doesn't, are there any documents that tell us which NIC
> > > supports which flow rules in rte_flow?
> > > Could you tell me what flows I can try with Intel X552 NIC?
> > >
> > > Thank you and best regards,
> > >
> > > Tetsuro Nakamura, NTT
> >
> > I'm not familiar with ixgbe but this issue reminds me of this thread [1],
> > particularly the following comment:
> >
> >  "the rte_flow_error returned was not very useful for it does return the
> > error of the last tried filter-type (L2 tunnel in ixgbe), and not the
> error  of the
> > filter-type that my setup should use (flow director)"
> >
> > CC'ing Wenzhuo, I think this issue is present in 17.02, has it been
> fixed since?
> >
> > [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-March/059928.html
>
> +Wei
> About the previous discussion, Wei has sent the patch to remove the tpid
> in ixgbe. But no improvement of error message yet as I know.
>
> I think this flow is not supported. Generic flow API is flexible enough,
> but not every flow can be supported. The flow is supported or not has
> nothing to do with if it's simple. It's limited to HW capability. Wei, do
> you have some doc to shared or even has uploaded to the community? Thanks.
>
> >
> > --
> > Adrien Mazarguil
> > 6WIND
>
>
>
>
>
> We have a document about command format when creating flow,  but has not
> been publicly upload to community.
>
> I will add a new chapter for this in doc\guides\nics\ixgbe.rst later,
> which is about command format when creating flow.
>
> A specific patch will be send to community later.
>
>
>