From: "Wang, Haiyue" <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
To: "Yigit, Ferruh" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
"Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"Sun, Chenmin" <chenmin.sun@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:18:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E3B9F2FDCB65864C82CD632F23D8AB8773D68A79@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f85289fd-ad49-c5be-c231-d3254e2921f8@intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 23:03
> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Cc: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; dev@dpdk.org; Sun, Chenmin <chenmin.sun@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information
>
> On 9/10/2019 3:19 PM, Wang, Haiyue wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 17:15
> >> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> >> Cc: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; dev@dpdk.org; Sun, Chenmin <chenmin.sun@intel.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information
> >>
> >> On 9/10/2019 9:37 AM, Wang, Haiyue wrote:
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 16:07
> >>>> To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> >>>> Cc: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; dev@dpdk.org; Sun, Chenmin <chenmin.sun@intel.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information
> >>>>
> >>>> On 9/10/2019 5:36 AM, Wang, Haiyue wrote:
> >>>>> Thanks Ferruh, Bruce.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2019 21:18
> >>>>>> To: Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> >>>>>> Cc: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; dev@dpdk.org; Sun,
> >> Chenmin
> >>>>>> <chenmin.sun@intel.com>
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 9/9/2019 1:50 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> >>>>>>> On 9/9/2019 1:40 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 12:23:36PM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> On 9/7/2019 3:42 AM, Wang, Haiyue wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>>>>>> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> >>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 6, 2019 22:22
> >>>>>>>>>>> To: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> >>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 8/13/2019 1:51 PM, Ray Kinsella wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 13/08/2019 04:24, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:06:10 +0800
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@intel.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Enhance the PMD to support retrieving trace information like
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rx/Tx burst selection etc.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@intel.com>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 9 +++++++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h | 4 ++++
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> index 17d183e..6098fad 100644
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -4083,6 +4083,24 @@ rte_eth_tx_queue_info_get(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> int
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +rte_eth_trace_info_get(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + enum rte_eth_trace type, char *buf, int sz)
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Better to use struct as argument instead of individual variables because it is
> >>>>>>>>>>> easier to extend the struct later if needed.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +{
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -ENODEV);
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + if (buf == NULL)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->trace_info_get, -ENOTSUP);
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> + return dev->dev_ops->trace_info_get(dev, queue_id, type, buf, sz);
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> What if queueid is out of bounds?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> The bigger problem is that this information is like a log message
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> and unstructured, which makes it device specific and useless for automation.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> IMHO - this is much better implemented as a capability bitfield, that
> >>>>>>>>>>>> can be queried.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> +1 to return the datapath capability as bitfield.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Also +1 to have a new API,
> >>>>>>>>>>> - I am not sure about the API name, 'rte_eth_trace_info_get()', can we find
> >>>>>>>>>>> something better instead of 'trace' there.
> >>>>>>>>>>> - I think we should limit this API only to get current datapath configuration,
> >>>>>>>>>>> for clarity of the API don't return capability or not datapath related config.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Also this information not always supported in queue level, what do you think
> >>>>>>>>>>> having ability to get this information in port level,
> >>>>>>>>>>> like this API can return a struct, which may have a field that says if the
> >>>>>>>>>>> output is for queue or port, or this can be another bitfield, what do you think?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> #define RX_SCALAR (1ULL < 0)
> >>>>>>>>>> #define RX_VECTOR_AVX2 ...
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> What about having RX_VECTOR value, later another bit group for the details of
> >>>>>>>>> the vectorization:
> >>>>>>>>> SSE
> >>>>>>>>> AVX2
> >>>>>>>>> AVX512
> >>>>>>>>> NEON
> >>>>>>>>> ALTIVEC
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Since above options can exist together, what about using values for them instead
> >>>>>>>>> of bitfields? Reserving 4 bits, 2^4 = 16, can be enough I think for long term.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Rather than having named vector types, we just need to worry about the ones
> >>>>>>>> for the current architecture. Therefore I'd suggest just using vector
> >>>>>>>> widths, one bit each for 16B, 32B and 64B vector support. For supporting
> >>>>>>>> multiple values, 16 combinations is not enough for all the possibilities.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> enum rte_eth_burst_mode_option {
> >>>>> BURST_SCALAR = (1 << 0),
> >>>>> BURST_VECTOR = (1 << 1),
> >>>>>
> >>>>> BURST_VECTOR_MODE_MASK = (0x3F << 2),
> >>>>> BURST_ALTIVEC = (1 << 2),
> >>>>> BURST_NEON = (2 << 2),
> >>>>> BURST_SSE = (3 << 2),
> >>>>> BURST_AVX2 = (4 << 2),
> >>>>> BURST_AVX512 = (5 << 2),
> >>>>
> >>>> Do we need to have bitfields for this, I was suggesting reserve 4 bits, bit 2-5
> >>>> (inclusive) and use their value:
> >>>>
> >>>> BURST_VECTOR_MODE_IDX = 2
> >>>> BURST_VECTOR_MODE_SIZE = 4
> >>>> BURST_VECTOR_MODE_MASK =
> >>>> ((1 << BURST_VECTOR_MODE_SIZE) - 1) << BURST_VECTOR_MODE_IDX
> >>>>
> >>>> vector_mode = (options & BURST_VECTOR_MODE_MASK) >> BURST_VECTOR_MODE_IDX
> >>>>
> >>>> if (vector_mode == 0) // BURST_SSE
> >>>> if (vector_mode == 1) // BURST_AVX2
> >>>> if (vector_mode == 2) // BURST_AVX512
> >>>> if (vector_mode == 3) // BURST_NEON
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>
> >> I can see how you intended use it, only they don't need to be bitfield and using
> >> with value saves bits.
> >> Also I think good to reserve some bits for future modes.
> >>
> >
> > I think I understand your 'value saves bits' concern now:
> >
> > What you mentioned value such as 1, 2, 3 has been *shifted* as new options: (1 << 2),
> > (2 << 2), (3 << 2). The *shifted* value seems be easily for using, like, you don't
> > need to re-define another enum like enum ...vector_mode { SSE, AVX2 } for accessing.
> > And we can extract the vector mode easy: options & BURST_VECTOR_MODE_MASK, no need to
> > shift right again for getting the pure number. And for displaying name, it also should
> > be consistent:
> > ...
> > case RTE_ETH_BURST_VECTOR: return "Vector";
> > case RTE_ETH_BURST_ALTIVEC: return "AltiVec";
> > case RTE_ETH_BURST_NEON: return "Neon";
> >
>
> Yep, this is what I was suggesting, agree that bitwise is a little easier, and
> specially after having separate Rx/Tx APIs there are enough room in the
> variable, so ok with your suggestion.
> But please reserve some additional room future vectorisation modes, I would say
> overall 14 would be good, so first word can be for modes.
Got it, will change 4 bits for vector mode for saving the bit space.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-10 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-13 3:06 [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 0/3] show the Rx/Tx burst description field Haiyue Wang
2019-08-13 3:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add the API for getting trace information Haiyue Wang
2019-08-13 3:24 ` Stephen Hemminger
2019-08-13 4:37 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-08-13 9:57 ` David Marchand
2019-08-13 11:21 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-08-13 12:51 ` Ray Kinsella
2019-09-06 14:21 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-07 2:42 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-09 11:23 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-09 12:40 ` Bruce Richardson
2019-09-09 12:50 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-09 13:17 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 4:36 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 8:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 8:37 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 9:14 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 11:41 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 15:00 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 15:17 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 15:33 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 15:35 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 14:19 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 15:03 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 15:18 ` Wang, Haiyue [this message]
2019-09-10 15:36 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 15:38 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 15:06 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 15:21 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-09-10 15:35 ` Ferruh Yigit
2019-09-10 15:37 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-10-26 16:45 ` Thomas Monjalon
2019-10-27 4:10 ` Wang, Haiyue
2019-08-15 9:07 ` Ray Kinsella
2019-08-13 3:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 2/3] testpmd: show the Rx/Tx burst description Haiyue Wang
2019-08-13 3:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 3/3] net/ice: support the Rx/Tx burst description trace Haiyue Wang
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