Summarized for the web:
http://git.dpdk.org/tools/dpdk-web/commit/?id=7edb98830
16/03/2020 09:21, Gal Cohen:
> Below is Mellanox's roadmap for DPDK20.05:
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> Reduce memory consumption in mlx5 PMD -
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> [1] Reduce flow memory (entry size) footprint/consumption.
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> [2] Remove flow rules caching.
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> Change the mlx5 PMD implementation of rte_eth_dev_stop()/rte_eth_dev_start()
> to stop caching flow rules (freeing resources for the created flows).
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> Benefits: Scale and performance improvement.
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> HW offload for TTL matching
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> [3] Offload TTL matching from routing applications to the NIC.
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> Usage through rte_flow API ; Implementation in mlx5 PMD.
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> Benefits: Simplifying the routing application complexity as well as reducing
> host CPU usage through offloading the TTL logic to the NIC.
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> Flow aging - Introducing new AGE action in the rte_flow API
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> [4] Add a new action to allow the application (client) to define an age
> threshold (seconds) on which it expects to get notification from the mlx5 PMD.
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> The PMD will implement the flow aging monitoring aging through the use of the
> rte_flow API, instead of the application.
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> Additional background can be found in here:
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/patch/53701/.
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> Add support for additional features in vDPA
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> [5] Support Large-Send-Offload (LSO).
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> [6] Improve debuggability through vDPA device counters and error
> reporting.
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> [7] Rate limiting - allow application definition of the maximal
> number of packets; providing means to apply different policies/QoS for
> different applications / tenants.
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> [8] ConnectX-6 Dx - introduce HW Doorbell instead of current SW
> Doorbell.
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> Performance improvement for jumbo-frame size
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> [9] Add support for large MTU size while using MPRQ to provide
> full line rate performance with any packet size.
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> Hairpin with jumbo-frames
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> [10] Add support for jumbo-frame packets In addition to the existing hairpin
> offloading functionality.
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> Enable GTP encap/decap
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> [11] Add encap/decap to GTP using the rte_flow raw_encap/raw_decap APIs.
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> Adding test application
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> [12] Introduce a new (standalone) test application for measuring
> flow insertion rate and traffic performance.
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> The application defines flows with rte_flow API ; Measure the flow
> insertion rate and traffic performance.
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