[ovs-dev] [PATCHv2] docs: Add header install command for afxdp.

William Tu u9012063 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 18:55:41 UTC 2020


On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 09:03:11AM -0800, William Tu wrote:
> The 'XDP_RING_NEED_WAKEUP' and related flags are defined if_xdp.h, so if
> users are building their own kernel, users have to update the kernel's
> header files, by doing:
> 
>   $ make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr
> 
> Otherwise the following error shows:
> /usr/local/include/bpf/xsk.h: In function 'xsk_ring_prod__needs_wakeup':
> /usr/local/include/bpf/xsk.h:82:21: error: 'XDP_RING_NEED_WAKEUP' undeclared \
>   (first use in this function)
>   return *r->flags & XDP_RING_NEED_WAKEUP;
> 
> Reported-by: Tomek Osinski <osinstom at gmail.com>
> Reported-at: https://osinstom.github.io/en/tutorial/ovs-afxdp-installation/
> Signed-off-by: William Tu <u9012063 at gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/intro/install/afxdp.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/afxdp.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/afxdp.rst
> index c4685fa7ebac..99003e4dbdb2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/intro/install/afxdp.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/afxdp.rst
> @@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ vSwitch with AF_XDP will require the following:
>  
>    * CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS_DIAG=y (Debugging)
>  
> +- If you're building your own kernel, be sure that you're installing kernel
> +  headers too.  For example, with the following command::
> +
> +    make headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=/usr
> +
> +- If you're using kernel from the distribution, be sure that corresponding
> +  kernel headers package installed.
> +
>  - Once your AF_XDP-enabled kernel is ready, if possible, run
>    **./xdpsock -r -N -z -i <your device>** under linux/samples/bpf.
>    This is an OVS independent benchmark tools for AF_XDP.
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

I applied to master, thanks


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