On 1/18/22 11:51, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> On 17/01/2022 22:25, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>> This patch documents PMD's other_config:tx-steering option.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
>> index 026b5e2ca..ef7f8f2c8 100644
>> --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
>> +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
>> @@ -3375,6 +3375,28 @@ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 p0 -- set Interface p0
>> type=patch options:peer=p1 \
>> </ul>
>> <p>This option may only be used with dpdk VF representors.</p>
>> </column>
>> +
>> + <column name="other_config" key="tx-steering"
>> + type='{"type": "string",
>> + "enum": ["set", ["thread", "hash"]]}'>
>> + <p>
>> + Specifies the Tx steering mode for the interface.
>> + </p>
>> + <p>
>> + <code>thread</code> enables static txq mapping when the number of
>> txq
>> + is greater or equal than the number of PMD threads, and XPS mode
>> if
>> + lower than the number of PMD threads.
>
> I think it should be 'greater than PMD threads, and XPS mode if equal or lower
> than the number of PMD threads.', because one txq is also needed for the OVS
> main thread. I checked the code and this txq is accounted for in wanted_txqs.
I would also recommend to not use the 'XPS' as a name for the dynamic txq
mapping
in the 'thread' mode. Because all of this is a sort of XPS. The hash mode is
a form of {trans,x}mit packet steering too.
So, something like this maybe:
<code>thread</code> enables static (1:1) thread-to-txq mapping when the
number of Tx queues is greater than number of PMD threads, and dynamic (N:1)
mapping if equal or lower. In this mode a single thread can not use more
than 1 transmit queue of a given port.
And, I think, we need to fix the userspace-tx-steering.rst too, e.g.:
Depending on the port's number of Tx queues being greater or equal than the
number of PMD threads, static (1:1) or dynamic (N:1) thread-to-txq mapping
will be used.
Maxime, Kevin, what do you think?
>
> With this fix:
> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
>
>> + </p>
>> + <p>
>> + <code>hash</code> enables hash-based Tx steering, which
>> distributes
>> + the packets on all the transmit queues based on their 5-tuples
>> + hashes.
>> + </p>
>> + <p>
>> + Defaults to <code>thread</code>.
>> + </p>
>> + </column>
>> +
>> </group>
>> <group title="EMC (Exact Match Cache) Configuration">
>>
>
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