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Dynamic queue
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Currently, to configure a DPDK ethdev, the application first specifies
how many Tx and Rx queues to include in the ethdev. The application then
sets up each Tx and Rx queue. Finally, once all the queues have been set up,
the application may then start the device, at this point traffic can flow.
If device stops, this halts the flow of traffic on all queues in the ethdev,
not one or part of all queues stop.
According to existing implementation, rte_eth_[rx|tx]_queue_setup will
always return fail if device is already started(rte_eth_dev_start).
This can't satisfy the usage when application wants to defer to setup
part of the queues while keeping traffic running on those queues already
be setup.
Basically this is not a general hardware limitation, because for NIC
like i40e, ixgbe, it is not necessary to stop the whole device before
configure a fresh queue or reconfigure an existing queue with no traffic
on it.
Dynamic queue lets etherdev driver exposes the capability flag through
rte_eth_dev_info_get when it supports deferred queue configuraiton,
then base on this flag, rte_eth_[rx|tx]_queue_setup could decide to
continue to setup the queue or just return fail when device already
started.
Allow ethdevs to setup/reconfigure/tear down queues at runtime without
stopping the device. Given an ethdev configuration with a specified
number of Tx and Rx queues, requirements as below:
1.The application should be able to start the device with only some of the
queues set up.
2.The application should be able to set up additional queues at runtime
without calling dev_stop().
3.The application should be able to reconfigure existing queues at runtime
without calling dev_stop().
4.This support should be implemented in such a way that it does not break
existing PMDs.
Prerequisites
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1. Host PF in DPDK driver::
./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 81:00.0
2. Start testpmd on host, set chained port topology mode, add txq/rxq to
enable multi-queues::
./testpmd -c 0xf -n 4 -- -i --port-topology=chained --txq=64 --rxq=64
Test Case: Rx queue setup at runtime
====================================
Stop some Rx queues on port 0::
testpmd> port 0 rxq <id> stop
Set rxonly forward, start testpmd
Send different src or dst IPv4 packets::
p=Ether()/IP(src="192.168.0.1", dst="192.168.0.1")/Raw("x"*20)
Stop testpmd, find stopped queues can't receive packets, but other queues
could receive packets
Setup these stopped queues on the port::
testpmd> port 0 rxq <id> setup
Start these stopped queues on the port, start testpmd::
testpmd> port 0 rxq <id> start
Send different src or dst IPv4 packets
Stop testpmd, check all the setup queues could receive packets
Test Case: Tx queue setup at runtime
====================================
Check txq ring size is 256::
testpmd> show txq info 0 <id>
Number of TXDs: 256
Stop one Tx queue on port 0::
testpmd> port 0 txq <id> stop
Set txonly forward, start testpmd
Start testpmd, then stop, check this stopped queue only transmits 255 packets
Setup this stopped queue on the port::
testpmd> port 0 txq <id> setup
Start this stopped queue on the port::
testpmd> port 0 txq <id> start
Start then stop testpmd, check all queues could transmit lots of packets,
not only 255 packets
Repeat above steps for 3 times
Test Case: Rx queue configure at runtime
========================================
Stop some Rx queues on port 0::
testpmd> port 0 rxq <id> stop
Set rxonly forward, start testpmd
Send different src or dst IPv4 packets::
p=Ether()/IP(src="192.168.0.1", dst="192.168.0.1")/Raw("x"*20)
Stop testpmd, find stopped queues can't receive packets, but other queues
could receive packets
Check rxq ring size is 256::
testpmd> show rxq info 0 <id>
Number of RXDs: 256
Reconfigure ring size as 512 for the stopped queues on port 0::
testpmd> port config 0 rxq <id> ring_size 512
Setup these stopped queues on the port::
testpmd> port 0 rxq <id> setup
Check stopped rxq ring sizes have been changed to 512
Start these stopped queues on the port, start testpmd::
testpmd> port 0 rxq <id> start
Send different src or dst IPv4 packets
Stop testpmd, check all the setup queues could receive packets
Test Case: Tx queue configure at runtime
========================================
Check txq ring size is 256::
testpmd> show txq info 0 <id>
Number of TXDs: 256
Stop one Tx queue on port 0::
testpmd> port 0 txq <id> stop
Set txonly forward, start testpmd
Start testpmd, then stop, check this stopped queue only transmits 255 packets
Reconfigure ring size as 512 for the stopped queues on port 0::
testpmd> port config 0 txq <id> ring_size 512
Setup these stopped queues on the port::
testpmd> port 0 txq <id> setup
Check stopped txq ring sizes have been changed to 512
Start these stopped queues on the port, start testpmd::
testpmd> port 0 txq <id> start
Stop testpmd, check all queues could transmit lots of packets,
not only 511 packets
Repeat above steps for 3 times