[ovs-dev] [PATCH v8 10/13] dp-packet: copy data from multi-seg. DPDK mbuf

Eelco Chaudron echaudro at redhat.com
Mon Jun 18 13:10:26 UTC 2018



On 11 Jun 2018, at 18:21, Tiago Lam wrote:

> From: Michael Qiu <qiudayu at chinac.com>
>
> When doing packet clone, if packet source is from DPDK driver,
> multi-segment must be considered, and copy the segment's data one by
> one.
>
> Also, lots of DPDK mbuf's info is missed during a copy, like packet
> type, ol_flags, etc.  That information is very important for DPDK to 
> do
> packets processing.
>
> Co-authored-by: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh at intel.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Qiu <qiudayu at chinac.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Kavanagh <mark.b.kavanagh at intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/dp-packet.c   | 76 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  lib/dp-packet.h   |  3 +++
>  lib/netdev-dpdk.c |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/dp-packet.c b/lib/dp-packet.c
> index d0fab94..2e65b82 100644
> --- a/lib/dp-packet.c
> +++ b/lib/dp-packet.c
> @@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ dp_packet_use__(struct dp_packet *b, void *base, 
> size_t allocated,
>      dp_packet_set_size(b, 0);
>  }
>
> +#ifdef DPDK_NETDEV
> +void
> +dp_packet_copy_mbuf_flags(struct dp_packet *dst, const struct 
> dp_packet *src)
> +{
> +    ovs_assert(dst != NULL && src != NULL);
> +    struct rte_mbuf *buf_dst = &(dst->mbuf);
> +    struct rte_mbuf buf_src = src->mbuf;
> +
> +    buf_dst->nb_segs = buf_src.nb_segs;
> +    buf_dst->ol_flags = buf_src.ol_flags;
> +    buf_dst->packet_type = buf_src.packet_type;
> +    buf_dst->tx_offload = buf_src.tx_offload;
> +}
> +#else
> +#define dp_packet_copy_mbuf_flags(arg1, arg2)
> +#endif
> +
>  /* Initializes 'b' as an empty dp_packet that contains the 
> 'allocated' bytes of
>   * memory starting at 'base'.  'base' should be the first byte of a 
> region
>   * obtained from malloc().  It will be freed (with free()) if 'b' is 
> resized or
> @@ -158,6 +175,50 @@ dp_packet_clone(const struct dp_packet *buffer)
>      return dp_packet_clone_with_headroom(buffer, 0);
>  }
>
> +#ifdef DPDK_NETDEV
> +struct dp_packet *
> +dp_packet_clone_with_headroom(const struct dp_packet *buffer,
> +                              size_t headroom) {
> +    struct dp_packet *new_buffer;
> +    uint32_t pkt_len = dp_packet_size(buffer);
> +
> +    /* copy multi-seg data */
> +    if (buffer->source == DPBUF_DPDK && buffer->mbuf.nb_segs > 1) {
> +        uint32_t offset = 0;
> +        void *dst = NULL;
> +        struct rte_mbuf *tmbuf = CONST_CAST(struct rte_mbuf *,
> +                                                &(buffer->mbuf));
> +
> +        new_buffer = dp_packet_new_with_headroom(pkt_len, headroom);
> +        dp_packet_set_size(new_buffer, pkt_len + headroom);
> +        dst = dp_packet_tail(new_buffer);
> +

The dst is not pointing to the first data, but to the end of the data, 
as dp_packet_set_size() has been called.  Why not just call dst = 
dp_packet_put_uninit().

> +        while (tmbuf) {
> +            rte_memcpy((char *)dst + offset,
> +                       rte_pktmbuf_mtod(tmbuf, void *), 
> tmbuf->data_len);
> +            offset += tmbuf->data_len;
> +            tmbuf = tmbuf->next;

Why not using rte_pktmbuf_read() here with a check its not a contiguous 
read?

> +        }
> +    } else {
> +        new_buffer = 
> dp_packet_clone_data_with_headroom(dp_packet_data(buffer),
> +                                                        
> dp_packet_size(buffer),
> +                                                        headroom);
> +    }
> +
> +    /* Copy the following fields into the returned buffer: 
> l2_pad_size,
> +     * l2_5_ofs, l3_ofs, l4_ofs, cutlen, packet_type and md. */
> +    memcpy(&new_buffer->l2_pad_size, &buffer->l2_pad_size,
> +            sizeof(struct dp_packet) -
> +            offsetof(struct dp_packet, l2_pad_size));
> +
> +    dp_packet_copy_mbuf_flags(new_buffer, buffer);
> +    if (dp_packet_rss_valid(new_buffer)) {
> +        new_buffer->mbuf.hash.rss = buffer->mbuf.hash.rss;
> +    }
> +
> +    return new_buffer;
> +}
> +#else
>  /* Creates and returns a new dp_packet whose data are copied from 
> 'buffer'.
>   * The returned dp_packet will additionally have 'headroom' bytes of
>   * headroom. */
> @@ -165,32 +226,25 @@ struct dp_packet *
>  dp_packet_clone_with_headroom(const struct dp_packet *buffer, size_t 
> headroom)
>  {
>      struct dp_packet *new_buffer;
> +    uint32_t pkt_len = dp_packet_size(buffer);
>
>      new_buffer = 
> dp_packet_clone_data_with_headroom(dp_packet_data(buffer),
> -                                                 
> dp_packet_size(buffer),
> -                                                 headroom);
> +                                                 pkt_len, headroom);
> +
>      /* Copy the following fields into the returned buffer: 
> l2_pad_size,
>       * l2_5_ofs, l3_ofs, l4_ofs, cutlen, packet_type and md. */
>      memcpy(&new_buffer->l2_pad_size, &buffer->l2_pad_size,
>              sizeof(struct dp_packet) -
>              offsetof(struct dp_packet, l2_pad_size));
>
> -#ifdef DPDK_NETDEV
> -    new_buffer->mbuf.ol_flags = buffer->mbuf.ol_flags;
> -#else
>      new_buffer->rss_hash_valid = buffer->rss_hash_valid;
> -#endif
> -
>      if (dp_packet_rss_valid(new_buffer)) {
> -#ifdef DPDK_NETDEV
> -        new_buffer->mbuf.hash.rss = buffer->mbuf.hash.rss;
> -#else
>          new_buffer->rss_hash = buffer->rss_hash;
> -#endif
>      }
>
>      return new_buffer;
>  }
> +#endif
>
>  /* Creates and returns a new dp_packet that initially contains a copy 
> of the
>   * 'size' bytes of data starting at 'data' with no headroom or 
> tailroom. */
> diff --git a/lib/dp-packet.h b/lib/dp-packet.h
> index 4946fa3..3852756 100644
> --- a/lib/dp-packet.h
> +++ b/lib/dp-packet.h
> @@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ void dp_packet_init_dpdk(struct dp_packet *);
>  void dp_packet_init(struct dp_packet *, size_t);
>  void dp_packet_uninit(struct dp_packet *);
>
> +void dp_packet_copy_mbuf_flags(struct dp_packet *dst,
> +                               const struct dp_packet *src);
> +
>  struct dp_packet *dp_packet_new(size_t);
>  struct dp_packet *dp_packet_new_with_headroom(size_t, size_t 
> headroom);
>  struct dp_packet *dp_packet_clone(const struct dp_packet *);
> diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
> index efd7c20..9b1fb9a 100644
> --- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
> +++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
> @@ -2215,6 +2215,7 @@ dpdk_do_tx_copy(struct netdev *netdev, int qid, 
> struct dp_packet_batch *batch)
>          memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkts[txcnt], void *),
>                 dp_packet_data(packet), size);
>          dp_packet_set_size((struct dp_packet *)pkts[txcnt], size);
> +        dp_packet_copy_mbuf_flags((struct dp_packet *)pkts[txcnt], 
> packet);
>
>          txcnt++;
>      }
> -- 
> 2.7.4


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