Hi Chenbo,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xia, Chenbo <chenbo....@intel.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:49 PM
> To: Ding, Xuan <xuan.d...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> maxime.coque...@redhat.com
> Cc: Hu, Jiayu <jiayu...@intel.com>; cheng.ji...@intel.com; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil <sunil.pa...@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] vhost: add unsafe API to check inflight packets
>
> Hi Xuan,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ding, Xuan <xuan.d...@intel.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2021 1:58 PM
> > To: dev@dpdk.org; maxime.coque...@redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo
> > <chenbo....@intel.com>
> > Cc: Hu, Jiayu <jiayu...@intel.com>; cheng.ji...@intel.com; Richardson, Bruce
> > <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; Pai G, Sunil <sunil.pa...@intel.com>; Ding,
> Xuan
> > <xuan.d...@intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] vhost: add unsafe API to check inflight packets
> >
> > In async data path, when vring state changes, it is necessary to
> > know the number of inflight packets in DMA engine. This patch
> > provides a thread unsafe API to return the number of inflight
> > packets without using any lock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Ding <xuan.d...@intel.com>
> > ---
> > doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst | 5 +++++
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst | 5 +++++
> > lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > lib/vhost/version.map | 3 +++
> > lib/vhost/vhost.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 5 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > index 8874033165..b4b1134f54 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > @@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost API
> > functions:
> > This function returns the amount of in-flight packets for the vhost
> > queue using async acceleration.
> >
> > + ``rte_vhost_async_get_inflight_thread_unsafe(vid, queue_id)``
> > +
> > + Get the number of inflight packets for a vhost queue without
> > + performing any locking.
> > +
> > * ``rte_vhost_clear_queue_thread_unsafe(vid, queue_id, **pkts, count)``
>
> This does not align with others. Please check.
Thanks, will fix it in next version.
>
> >
> > Clear inflight packets which are submitted to DMA engine in vhost async
> > data
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> > index 675b573834..db080e9490 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> > @@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ New Features
> > Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
> > =======================================================
> >
> > +* **Added vhost API to get the number of inflight packets.**
> > +
> > + Added an API which can get the number of inflight packets in
> > + vhost async data path.
> > +
>
> Please add 'without lock' or something similar as we already have a lock
> version.
You are right, add "without lock" is more accuracy.
>
> > * **Enabled new devargs parser.**
> >
> > * Enabled devargs syntax
> > diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
> > index b25ff446f7..0af414bf78 100644
> > --- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
> > +++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
> > @@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ uint16_t rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(int vid,
> > uint16_t queue_id,
> > __rte_experimental
> > int rte_vhost_async_get_inflight(int vid, uint16_t queue_id);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * This function is lock-free version to return the amount of in-flight
> > + * packets for the vhost queue which uses async channel acceleration.
> > + *
> > + * @param vid
> > + * id of vhost device to enqueue data
> > + * @param queue_id
> > + * queue id to enqueue data
>
> You can also check dequeue inflight packets, right?
Yes, this API applies to both enqueue and dequeue directions.
>
> > + * @return
> > + * the amount of in-flight packets on success; -1 on failure
> > + */
> > +__rte_experimental
> > +int rte_vhost_async_get_inflight_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id);
> > +
> > /**
> > * This function checks async completion status and clear packets for
> > * a specific vhost device queue. Packets which are inflight will be
> > diff --git a/lib/vhost/version.map b/lib/vhost/version.map
> > index c92a9d4962..b150dc408d 100644
> > --- a/lib/vhost/version.map
> > +++ b/lib/vhost/version.map
> > @@ -85,4 +85,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
> > rte_vhost_async_channel_register_thread_unsafe;
> > rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister_thread_unsafe;
> > rte_vhost_clear_queue_thread_unsafe;
> > +
> > + #added in 21.11
> > + rte_vhost_async_get_inflight_thread_unsafe;
> > };
> > diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
> > index 355ff37651..df96f84873 100644
> > --- a/lib/vhost/vhost.c
> > +++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
> > @@ -1886,5 +1886,30 @@ int rte_vhost_async_get_inflight(int vid, uint16_t
> > queue_id)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +int rte_vhost_async_get_inflight_thread_unsafe(int vid, uint16_t queue_id)
>
> According to DPDK coding style, return type and func name should be in
> different
> lines. I notice there are also some left to clean. May clean in another patch.
Thanks, notice the rte_vhost_async_get_inflight() API also has this problem.
Will fix both in next version.
Regards,
Xuan
>
> Thanks,
> Chenbo
>
> > +{
> > + struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
> > + struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(vid);
> > + int ret = -1;
> > +
> > + if (dev == NULL)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + if (queue_id >= VHOST_MAX_VRING)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
> > +
> > + if (vq == NULL)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + if (!vq->async_registered)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + ret = vq->async_pkts_inflight_n;
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(vhost_config_log_level, config, INFO);
> > RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(vhost_data_log_level, data, WARNING);
> > --
> > 2.17.1
