[ovs-dev] [PATCH V3 14/19] netdev-offload-dpdk: Support offload of output action

Eli Britstein elibr at mellanox.com
Wed Dec 11 14:56:04 UTC 2019


On 12/10/2019 8:59 PM, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> On 08.12.2019 14:22, Eli Britstein wrote:
>> Support offload of output action, also configuring count action for
>> allowing query statistics of HW offloaded flows.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eli Britstein <elibr at mellanox.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Oz Shlomo <ozsh at mellanox.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst | 17 ++++++++---
>>   NEWS                         |  1 +
>>   lib/netdev-dpdk.c            | 22 +++++++++++++
>>   lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c    | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>   4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
>> index 766a7950c..f62ce82af 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
>> @@ -370,19 +370,28 @@ The flow hardware offload is disabled by default and can be enabled by::
>>   
>>       $ ovs-vsctl set Open_vSwitch . other_config:hw-offload=true
>>   
>> -So far only partial flow offload is implemented. Moreover, it only works
>> -with PMD drivers have the rte_flow action "MARK + RSS" support.
>> +Matches and actions are programmed into HW to achieve full offload of
>> +the flow. If not all actions are supported, fallback to partial flow
>> +offload (offloading matches only). Moreover, it only works with PMD
>> +drivers that support the configured rte_flow actions.
>> +Partial flow offload requires support of "MARK + RSS" actions. Full
>> +hardware offload requires support of the actions listed below.
>>   
>>   The validated NICs are:
>>   
>>   - Mellanox (ConnectX-4, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-5)
>>   - Napatech (NT200B01)
>>   
>> -Supported protocols for hardware offload are:
>> +Supported protocols for hardware offload matches are:
>> +
>>   - L2: Ethernet, VLAN
>> -- L3: IPv4, IPv6
>> +- L3: IPv4
>>   - L4: TCP, UDP, SCTP, ICMP
>>   
>> +Supported actions for hardware offload are:
>> +
>> +- Output (a single output, as the last action).
> Is there any particular restriction why we cant output to
> several ports in a row?
Right. It's our HW limitation, but I'll remove it and let the PMD fail.
>
>> +
>>   Further Reading
>>   ---------------
>>   
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index 2acde3fe8..c430999a0 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Post-v2.12.0
>>        * DPDK ring ports (dpdkr) are deprecated and will be removed in next
>>          releases.
>>        * Add support for DPDK 19.11.
>> +     * Add hardware offload support for output actions (experimental).
>>   
>>   v2.12.0 - 03 Sep 2019
>>   ---------------------
>> diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
>> index 16baae0c4..d9a2c2004 100644
>> --- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
>> +++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
>> @@ -4699,6 +4699,28 @@ ds_put_flow_action(struct ds *s, const struct rte_flow_action *actions)
>>           } else {
>>               ds_put_cstr(s, "  RSS = null\n");
>>           }
>> +    } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_COUNT) {
>> +        const struct rte_flow_action_count *count = actions->conf;
>> +
>> +        ds_put_cstr(s, "rte flow count action:\n");
>> +        if (count) {
>> +            ds_put_format(s,
>> +                          "  Count: shared=%d, id=%d\n",
>> +                          count->shared, count->id);
>> +        } else {
>> +            ds_put_cstr(s, "  Count = null\n");
>> +        }
>> +    } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_ID) {
>> +        const struct rte_flow_action_port_id *port_id = actions->conf;
>> +
>> +        ds_put_cstr(s, "rte flow port-id action:\n");
>> +        if (port_id) {
>> +            ds_put_format(s,
>> +                          "  Port-id: original=%d, id=%d\n",
>> +                          port_id->original, port_id->id);
>> +        } else {
>> +            ds_put_cstr(s, "  Port-id = null\n");
>> +        }
>>       } else {
>>           ds_put_format(s, "unknown rte flow action (%d)\n", actions->type);
>>       }
>> diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
>> index 10ab9240a..0b9087192 100644
>> --- a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
>> +++ b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
>> @@ -456,20 +456,83 @@ netdev_offload_dpdk_mark_rss(struct flow_patterns *patterns,
>>       return flow;
>>   }
>>   
>> +static void
>> +add_count_action(struct flow_actions *actions)
>> +{
>> +    struct rte_flow_action_count *count = xzalloc(sizeof *count);
>> +
>> +    count->shared = 0;
>> +    /* Each flow has a single count action, so no need of id */
> Comments style.
>
>> +    count->id = 0;
>> +    add_flow_action(actions, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_COUNT, count);
>> +}
>> +
>>   static int
>> -parse_flow_actions(struct netdev *netdev OVS_UNUSED,
>> +add_port_id_action(struct flow_actions *actions,
>> +                   struct netdev *outdev)
>> +{
>> +    struct rte_flow_action_port_id *port_id = xzalloc(sizeof *port_id);
>> +    int outdev_id;
>> +
>> +    outdev_id = netdev_dpdk_get_port_id(outdev);
>> +    if (outdev_id < 0) {
>> +        return -1;
>> +    }
>> +    port_id->id = outdev_id;
>> +    add_flow_action(actions, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_ID, port_id);
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int
>> +add_output_action(struct netdev *netdev,
>> +                  struct flow_actions *actions,
>> +                  const struct nlattr *nla,
>> +                  struct offload_info *info)
>> +{
>> +    struct netdev *outdev;
>> +    odp_port_t port;
>> +    int ret = 0;
>> +
>> +    port = nl_attr_get_odp_port(nla);
>> +    outdev = netdev_ports_get(port, info->dpif_class);
>> +    if (outdev == NULL) {
>> +        VLOG_DBG_RL(&error_rl,
>> +                    "Cannot find netdev for odp port %d", port);
>> +        return -1;
>> +    }
>> +    if (!netdev_flow_api_equals(netdev, outdev) ||
>> +        add_port_id_action(actions, outdev)) {
>> +        VLOG_DBG_RL(&error_rl,
>> +                    "Output to %s cannot be offloaded",
>> +                    netdev_get_name(outdev));
>> +        ret = -1;
>> +    }
>> +    netdev_close(outdev);
>> +    return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int
>> +parse_flow_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
>>                      struct flow_actions *actions,
>>                      struct nlattr *nl_actions,
>>                      size_t nl_actions_len,
>> -                   struct offload_info *info OVS_UNUSED)
>> +                   struct offload_info *info)
>>   {
>>       struct nlattr *nla;
>>       size_t left;
>>   
>> +    add_count_action(actions);
>>       NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE (nla, left, nl_actions, nl_actions_len) {
>> -        VLOG_DBG_RL(&error_rl,
>> -                    "Unsupported action type %d", nl_attr_type(nla));
>> -        return -1;
>> +        if (nl_attr_type(nla) == OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT) {
>> +            if (!(left <= NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len)) ||
>> +                add_output_action(netdev, actions, nla, info )) {
>> +                return -1;
>> +            }
>> +        } else {
>> +            VLOG_DBG_RL(&error_rl,
>> +                        "Unsupported action type %d", nl_attr_type(nla));
>> +            return -1;
>> +        }
>>       }
>>   
>>       if (nl_actions_len == 0) {
>>


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