[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net/ena: convert to new Tx offloads API

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu Jan 18 15:49:22 CET 2018


On 1/18/2018 9:18 AM, Rafał Kozik wrote:
> 2018-01-17 19:58 GMT+01:00 Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>:
>> On 1/17/2018 8:23 AM, Rafal Kozik wrote:
>>> Ethdev Tx offloads API has changed since:
>>>
>>> commit cba7f53b717d ("ethdev: introduce Tx queue offloads API")
>>>
>>> This commit support the new Tx offloads API. Queue configuration
>>> is stored in ena_ring.offloads. During preparing mbufs for tx, offloads are
>>> allowed only if appropriate flags in this field are set.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rafal Kozik <rk at semihalf.com>
>>
>> <...>
>>
>>> @@ -280,21 +290,24 @@ static inline void ena_rx_mbuf_prepare(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
>>>  }
>>>
>>>  static inline void ena_tx_mbuf_prepare(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
>>> -                                    struct ena_com_tx_ctx *ena_tx_ctx)
>>> +                                    struct ena_com_tx_ctx *ena_tx_ctx,
>>> +                                    uint64_t queue_offloads)
>>>  {
>>>       struct ena_com_tx_meta *ena_meta = &ena_tx_ctx->ena_meta;
>>>
>>> -     if (mbuf->ol_flags &
>>> -         (PKT_TX_L4_MASK | PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM | PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)) {
>>> +     if ((mbuf->ol_flags & MBUF_OFFLOADS) &&
>>> +         (queue_offloads & QUEUE_OFFLOADS)) {
>>>               /* check if TSO is required */
>>> -             if (mbuf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) {
>>> +             if ((mbuf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) &&
>>> +                 (queue_offloads & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO)) {
>>>                       ena_tx_ctx->tso_enable = true;
>>>
>>>                       ena_meta->l4_hdr_len = GET_L4_HDR_LEN(mbuf);
>>>               }
>>>
>>>               /* check if L3 checksum is needed */
>>> -             if (mbuf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM)
>>> +             if ((mbuf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM) &&
>>> +                 (queue_offloads & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM))
>>>                       ena_tx_ctx->l3_csum_enable = true;
>>
>> This function is fast path right?
>> Do you really need new extra check to queue_offloads, isn't that information is
>> for setup phase?
>>
> 
> ENA does not have a switch for enabling/disabling offloads during configuration.
> We must use additional variable and track it, otherwise the driver could use
> checksum offloads by enabling it in mbuf although it was disabled in
> queue configuration.

OK, thanks for clarification.


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