Enable jumbo frame reception with default mbuf data room size by
chaining multiple mbufs when packet exceeds single mbuf tailroom.

Scatter Rx is only enabled when RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER is
requested. Packets are dropped if they exceed single mbuf size
and scatter is not enabled, or if mbuf allocation fails during
chaining. Error counter rx_dropped_pkts tracks all drops.

This allows receiving 9KB jumbo frames using standard 2KB mbufs,
chaining ~5 segments per jumbo packet.

Signed-off-by: Sriram Yagnaraman <[email protected]>
---
v5:
* Rebased on main (26.03-rc2) now that Xavier's jumbo frame series is merged
* Removed Depends-on (dependency is now in main)
* Extracted scatter copy into eth_af_packet_rx_scatter() helper (matches pcap 
pattern)

v4:
* Added scatter validation in rx_queue_setup to reject invalid configurations
* Fixed control flow: use goto instead of continue in scatter loop
* Moved frame release to common label to prevent use-after-free
* Ensured VLAN/timestamp extraction happens before releasing frame to kernel

v3:
* Added conditional scatter based on RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER configuration
* Removed headroom from chained segments to maximize data capacity
* Fixed infinite loop risk by removing zero tailroom check (trust mempool 
config)

v2:
* Fixed goto label to properly exit outer loop on allocation failure
* Changed bufs indexing from [i] to [num_rx] for correct packet placement
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst    |  5 ++
 drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst 
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst
index 3d2ed19eb8..54e3bdbcc7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ New Features
 
   * Added support for V4000 Krackan2e.
 
+* **Updated AF_PACKET ethernet driver.**
+
+  * Added support for multi-segment mbuf reception to handle jumbo frames
+    with standard mbuf sizes when scatter Rx offload is enabled.
+
 * **Updated CESNET nfb ethernet driver.**
 
   * The timestamp value has been updated to make it usable.
diff --git a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c 
b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
index e132dc387b..7db3843610 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct __rte_cache_aligned pkt_rx_queue {
        uint16_t in_port;
        uint8_t vlan_strip;
        uint8_t timestamp_offloading;
+       uint8_t scatter_enabled;
 
        volatile unsigned long rx_pkts;
        volatile unsigned long rx_bytes;
@@ -120,6 +121,46 @@ RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(af_packet_logtype, NOTICE);
        RTE_LOG_LINE(level, AFPACKET, "%s(): " fmt ":%s", __func__, \
                ## __VA_ARGS__, strerror(errno))
 
+/*
+ * Copy packet data into chained mbufs when it exceeds single mbuf tailroom.
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on mbuf allocation failure.
+ */
+static int
+eth_af_packet_rx_scatter(struct rte_mempool *mb_pool, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
+               const uint8_t *data, uint16_t data_len)
+{
+       uint16_t len = rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(mbuf);
+       struct rte_mbuf *m = mbuf;
+
+       memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void *), data, len);
+       rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf) = len;
+       data_len -= len;
+       data += len;
+
+       while (data_len > 0) {
+               m->next = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mb_pool);
+               if (unlikely(m->next == NULL))
+                       return -1;
+
+               m = m->next;
+
+               /* Headroom is not needed in chained mbufs */
+               rte_pktmbuf_prepend(m, rte_pktmbuf_headroom(m));
+               m->pkt_len = 0;
+               m->data_len = 0;
+
+               len = RTE_MIN(rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(m), data_len);
+               memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, void *), data, len);
+               rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) = len;
+
+               mbuf->nb_segs++;
+               data_len -= len;
+               data += len;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static uint16_t
 eth_af_packet_rx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 {
@@ -131,6 +172,7 @@ eth_af_packet_rx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, 
uint16_t nb_pkts)
        uint16_t num_rx = 0;
        unsigned long num_rx_bytes = 0;
        unsigned int framecount, framenum;
+       uint16_t pkt_len;
 
        if (unlikely(nb_pkts == 0))
                return 0;
@@ -154,20 +196,29 @@ eth_af_packet_rx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, 
uint16_t nb_pkts)
                        break;
                }
 
-               /* drop packets that won't fit in the mbuf */
-               if (ppd->tp_snaplen > rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(mbuf)) {
+               pkt_len = ppd->tp_snaplen;
+               pbuf = (uint8_t *)ppd + ppd->tp_mac;
+
+               if (pkt_len <= rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(mbuf)) {
+                       /* packet fits in a single mbuf */
+                       memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void *), pbuf, pkt_len);
+                       rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf) = pkt_len;
+               } else if (pkt_q->scatter_enabled) {
+                       /* scatter into chained mbufs */
+                       if (unlikely(eth_af_packet_rx_scatter(pkt_q->mb_pool,
+                                       mbuf, pbuf, pkt_len) < 0)) {
+                               rte_pktmbuf_free(mbuf);
+                               pkt_q->rx_dropped_pkts++;
+                               goto release_frame;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       /* oversized and no scatter - drop */
                        rte_pktmbuf_free(mbuf);
-                       ppd->tp_status = TP_STATUS_KERNEL;
-                       if (++framenum >= framecount)
-                               framenum = 0;
                        pkt_q->rx_dropped_pkts++;
-                       continue;
+                       goto release_frame;
                }
 
-               /* packet will fit in the mbuf, go ahead and receive it */
-               rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(mbuf) = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf) = 
ppd->tp_snaplen;
-               pbuf = (uint8_t *) ppd + ppd->tp_mac;
-               memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbuf, void *), pbuf, 
rte_pktmbuf_data_len(mbuf));
+               rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(mbuf) = pkt_len;
 
                /* check for vlan info */
                if (ppd->tp_status & TP_STATUS_VLAN_VALID) {
@@ -188,16 +239,18 @@ eth_af_packet_rx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, 
uint16_t nb_pkts)
                        mbuf->ol_flags |= timestamp_dynflag;
                }
 
-               /* release incoming frame and advance ring buffer */
-               ppd->tp_status = TP_STATUS_KERNEL;
-               if (++framenum >= framecount)
-                       framenum = 0;
                mbuf->port = pkt_q->in_port;
 
                /* account for the receive frame */
-               bufs[i] = mbuf;
+               bufs[num_rx] = mbuf;
                num_rx++;
                num_rx_bytes += mbuf->pkt_len;
+
+release_frame:
+               /* release incoming frame and advance ring buffer */
+               ppd->tp_status = TP_STATUS_KERNEL;
+               if (++framenum >= framecount)
+                       framenum = 0;
        }
        pkt_q->framenum = framenum;
        pkt_q->rx_pkts += num_rx;
@@ -412,7 +465,8 @@ eth_dev_info(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct 
rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
        dev_info->tx_offload_capa = RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_MULTI_SEGS |
                RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_INSERT;
        dev_info->rx_offload_capa = RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP |
-               RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_TIMESTAMP;
+               RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_TIMESTAMP |
+               RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER;
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -579,26 +633,29 @@ eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
        struct pmd_internals *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
        struct pkt_rx_queue *pkt_q = &internals->rx_queue[rx_queue_id];
        unsigned int buf_size, data_size;
+       bool scatter_enabled;
 
        pkt_q->mb_pool = mb_pool;
 
-       /* Now get the space available for data in the mbuf */
        buf_size = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(pkt_q->mb_pool) -
                RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
        data_size = internals->req.tp_frame_size;
        data_size -= TPACKET2_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll);
 
-       if (data_size > buf_size) {
+       scatter_enabled = !!(dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads & 
RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER);
+
+       if (!scatter_enabled && data_size > buf_size) {
                PMD_LOG(ERR,
-                       "%s: %d bytes will not fit in mbuf (%d bytes)",
+                       "%s: %d bytes will not fit in mbuf (%d bytes), enable 
scatter offload",
                        dev->device->name, data_size, buf_size);
-               return -ENOMEM;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id] = pkt_q;
        pkt_q->in_port = dev->data->port_id;
        pkt_q->vlan_strip = internals->vlan_strip;
        pkt_q->timestamp_offloading = internals->timestamp_offloading;
+       pkt_q->scatter_enabled = scatter_enabled;
 
        return 0;
 }
-- 
2.43.7

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