[ovs-dev] [Q]what is 'may_steal' for in netdev API?
Joo Kim
itsolution at gmail.com
Fri Dec 30 11:00:01 UTC 2016
Hello,
I got following gdb backtrace for ovs2.6. And netdev_dpdk_send__()
definition is shown at bottom.
I try to understand what 'may_steal' is for but not clear yet. Can
anybody explain what it is?
#0 netdev_dpdk_eth_send (netdev=0x7f235285ed40, qid=0,
batch=0x7f2541ff7130, may_steal=true, concurrent_txq=false)
at lib/netdev-dpdk.c:1717
#1 0x0000000000600392 in netdev_send (netdev=<optimized out>,
qid=qid at entry=0, batch=batch at entry=0x7f2541ff7130,
may_steal=may_steal at entry=true,
concurrent_txq=concurrent_txq at entry=false)
at lib/netdev.c:718
#2 0x00000000005e22e7 in dp_execute_cb (aux_=aux_ at entry=0x7f2541ff7090,
packets_=packets_ at entry=0x7f2541ff7130,
a=a at entry=0x7f2541ff7248, may_steal=<optimized out>) at
lib/dpif-netdev.c:4433
#3 0x000000000060745e in odp_execute_actions (dp=dp at entry=0x7f2541ff7090,
batch=batch at entry=0x7f2541ff7130,
steal=steal at entry=true, actions=<optimized out>,
actions_len=<optimized out>,
dp_execute_action=dp_execute_action at entry=0x5e20d0 <dp_execute_cb>)
at lib/odp-execute.c:538
#4 0x000000000040d28b in dp_netdev_execute_actions (now=3504637714,
actions_len=<optimized out>,
actions=<optimized out>, flow=0x7f2541ff7640, may_steal=true,
packets=0x7f2541ff7130, pmd=0x2e3fe10)
at lib/dpif-netdev.c:4634
#5 handle_packet_upcall (now=3504637714, lost_cnt=<synthetic pointer>,
put_actions=0x7f2541ff70f0,
actions=0x7f2541ff70b0, key=0x7f2541ff8448, packet=0x7f235473a440,
pmd=0x2e3fe10) at lib/dpif-netdev.c:4071
(netdev-dpdk.c)
static inline void
netdev_dpdk_send__(struct netdev_dpdk *dev, int qid,
struct dp_packet_batch *batch, bool may_steal,
bool concurrent_txq)
{
if (OVS_UNLIKELY(concurrent_txq)) {
qid = qid % dev->up.n_txq;
rte_spinlock_lock(&dev->tx_q[qid].tx_lock);
}
if (OVS_UNLIKELY(!may_steal ||
batch->packets[0]->source != DPBUF_DPDK)) {
struct netdev *netdev = &dev->up;
dpdk_do_tx_copy(netdev, qid, batch);
dp_packet_delete_batch(batch, may_steal);
} else {
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