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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h index 16a6048c..807a8d41 100644 --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h @@ -222,14 +222,17 @@ extern "C" { /** * Bits 45:48 used for the tunnel type. - * When doing Tx offload like TSO or checksum, the HW needs to configure the - * tunnel type into the HW descriptors. + * The tunnel type must be specified for TSO or checksum on the inner part + * of tunnel packets. + * These flags can be used with PKT_TX_TCP_SEG for TSO, or PKT_TX_xxx_CKSUM. + * The mbuf fields for inner and outer header lengths are required: + * outer_l2_len, outer_l3_len, l2_len, l3_len, l4_len and tso_segsz for TSO. */ #define PKT_TX_TUNNEL_VXLAN (0x1ULL << 45) #define PKT_TX_TUNNEL_GRE (0x2ULL << 45) #define PKT_TX_TUNNEL_IPIP (0x3ULL << 45) #define PKT_TX_TUNNEL_GENEVE (0x4ULL << 45) -/**< TX packet with MPLS-in-UDP RFC 7510 header. */ +/** TX packet with MPLS-in-UDP RFC 7510 header. */ #define PKT_TX_TUNNEL_MPLSINUDP (0x5ULL << 45) /* add new TX TUNNEL type here */ #define PKT_TX_TUNNEL_MASK (0xFULL << 45) @@ -245,12 +248,8 @@ extern "C" { * - set the PKT_TX_TCP_SEG flag in mbuf->ol_flags (this flag implies * PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM) * - set the flag PKT_TX_IPV4 or PKT_TX_IPV6 - * - if it's IPv4, set the PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM flag and write the IP checksum - * to 0 in the packet + * - if it's IPv4, set the PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM flag * - fill the mbuf offload information: l2_len, l3_len, l4_len, tso_segsz - * - calculate the pseudo header checksum without taking ip_len in account, - * and set it in the TCP header. Refer to rte_ipv4_phdr_cksum() and - * rte_ipv6_phdr_cksum() that can be used as helpers. */ #define PKT_TX_TCP_SEG (1ULL << 50) @@ -263,9 +262,6 @@ extern "C" { * - fill l2_len and l3_len in mbuf * - set the flags PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM, PKT_TX_SCTP_CKSUM or PKT_TX_UDP_CKSUM * - set the flag PKT_TX_IPV4 or PKT_TX_IPV6 - * - calculate the pseudo header checksum and set it in the L4 header (only - * for TCP or UDP). See rte_ipv4_phdr_cksum() and rte_ipv6_phdr_cksum(). - * For SCTP, set the crc field to 0. */ #define PKT_TX_L4_NO_CKSUM (0ULL << 52) /**< Disable L4 cksum of TX pkt. */ #define PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM (1ULL << 52) /**< TCP cksum of TX pkt. computed by NIC. */ @@ -277,7 +273,6 @@ extern "C" { * Offload the IP checksum in the hardware. The flag PKT_TX_IPV4 should * also be set by the application, although a PMD will only check * PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM. - * - set the IP checksum field in the packet to 0 * - fill the mbuf offload information: l2_len, l3_len */ #define PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM (1ULL << 54) @@ -302,10 +297,8 @@ extern "C" { /** * Offload the IP checksum of an external header in the hardware. The - * flag PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 should also be set by the application, alto ugh - * a PMD will only check PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM. The IP checksum field in the - * packet must be set to 0. - * - set the outer IP checksum field in the packet to 0 + * flag PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 should also be set by the application, although + * a PMD will only check PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM. * - fill the mbuf offload information: outer_l2_len, outer_l3_len */ #define PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM (1ULL << 58) |