/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause * Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation */ #ifndef _RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_H_ #define _RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_H_ /** * @file * RTE distributor * * The distributor is a component which is designed to pass packets * one-at-a-time to workers, with dynamic load balancing. */ #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* Type of distribution (burst/single) */ enum rte_distributor_alg_type { RTE_DIST_ALG_BURST = 0, RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE, RTE_DIST_NUM_ALG_TYPES }; struct rte_distributor; struct rte_mbuf; /** * Function to create a new distributor instance * * Reserves the memory needed for the distributor operation and * initializes the distributor to work with the configured number of workers. * * @param name * The name to be given to the distributor instance. * @param socket_id * The NUMA node on which the memory is to be allocated * @param num_workers * The maximum number of workers that will request packets from this * distributor * @param alg_type * Call the legacy API, or use the new burst API. legacy uses 32-bit * flow ID, and works on a single packet at a time. Latest uses 15- * bit flow ID and works on up to 8 packets at a time to workers. * @return * The newly created distributor instance */ struct rte_distributor * rte_distributor_create(const char *name, unsigned int socket_id, unsigned int num_workers, unsigned int alg_type); /* *** APIS to be called on the distributor lcore *** */ /* * The following APIs are the public APIs which are designed for use on a * single lcore which acts as the distributor lcore for a given distributor * instance. These functions cannot be called on multiple cores simultaneously * without using locking to protect access to the internals of the distributor. * * NOTE: a given lcore cannot act as both a distributor lcore and a worker lcore * for the same distributor instance, otherwise deadlock will result. */ /** * Process a set of packets by distributing them among workers that request * packets. The distributor will ensure that no two packets that have the * same flow id, or tag, in the mbuf will be processed on different cores at * the same time. * * The user is advocated to set tag for each mbuf before calling this function. * If user doesn't set the tag, the tag value can be various values depending on * driver implementation and configuration. * * This is not multi-thread safe and should only be called on a single lcore. * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @param mbufs * The mbufs to be distributed * @param num_mbufs * The number of mbufs in the mbufs array * @return * The number of mbufs processed. */ int rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int num_mbufs); /** * Get a set of mbufs that have been returned to the distributor by workers * * This should only be called on the same lcore as rte_distributor_process() * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @param mbufs * The mbufs pointer array to be filled in * @param max_mbufs * The size of the mbufs array * @return * The number of mbufs returned in the mbufs array. */ int rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int max_mbufs); /** * Flush the distributor component, so that there are no in-flight or * backlogged packets awaiting processing * * This should only be called on the same lcore as rte_distributor_process() * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @return * The number of queued/in-flight packets that were completed by this call. */ int rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d); /** * Clears the array of returned packets used as the source for the * rte_distributor_returned_pkts() API call. * * This should only be called on the same lcore as rte_distributor_process() * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used */ void rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d); /* *** APIS to be called on the worker lcores *** */ /* * The following APIs are the public APIs which are designed for use on * multiple lcores which act as workers for a distributor. Each lcore should use * a unique worker id when requesting packets. * * NOTE: a given lcore cannot act as both a distributor lcore and a worker lcore * for the same distributor instance, otherwise deadlock will result. */ /** * API called by a worker to get new packets to process. Any previous packets * given to the worker is assumed to have completed processing, and may be * optionally returned to the distributor via the oldpkt parameter. * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @param worker_id * The worker instance number to use - must be less that num_workers passed * at distributor creation time. * @param pkts * The mbufs pointer array to be filled in (up to 8 packets) * @param oldpkt * The previous packet, if any, being processed by the worker * @param retcount * The number of packets being returned * * @return * The number of packets in the pkts array */ int rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, unsigned int retcount); /** * API called by a worker to return a completed packet without requesting a * new packet, for example, because a worker thread is shutting down * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @param worker_id * The worker instance number to use - must be less that num_workers passed * at distributor creation time. * @param oldpkt * The previous packets being processed by the worker * @param num * The number of packets in the oldpkt array */ int rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, int num); /** * API called by a worker to request a new packet to process. * Any previous packet given to the worker is assumed to have completed * processing, and may be optionally returned to the distributor via * the oldpkt parameter. * Unlike rte_distributor_get_pkt_burst(), this function does not wait for a * new packet to be provided by the distributor. * * NOTE: after calling this function, rte_distributor_poll_pkt_burst() should * be used to poll for the packet requested. The rte_distributor_get_pkt_burst() * API should *not* be used to try and retrieve the new packet. * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @param worker_id * The worker instance number to use - must be less that num_workers passed * at distributor creation time. * @param oldpkt * The returning packets, if any, processed by the worker * @param count * The number of returning packets */ void rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, unsigned int count); /** * API called by a worker to check for a new packet that was previously * requested by a call to rte_distributor_request_pkt(). It does not wait * for the new packet to be available, but returns NULL if the request has * not yet been fulfilled by the distributor. * * @param d * The distributor instance to be used * @param worker_id * The worker instance number to use - must be less that num_workers passed * at distributor creation time. * @param mbufs * The array of mbufs being given to the worker * * @return * The number of packets being given to the worker thread, zero if no * packet is yet available. */ int rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif