/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation */ #ifndef _RTE_KNI_H_ #define _RTE_KNI_H_ /** * @file * RTE KNI * * The KNI library provides the ability to create and destroy kernel NIC * interfaces that may be used by the RTE application to receive/transmit * packets from/to Linux kernel net interfaces. * * This library provides two APIs to burst receive packets from KNI interfaces, * and burst transmit packets to KNI interfaces. */ #include #include #include #include #include #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif struct rte_kni; struct rte_mbuf; /** * Structure which has the function pointers for KNI interface. */ struct rte_kni_ops { uint16_t port_id; /* Port ID */ /* Pointer to function of changing MTU */ int (*change_mtu)(uint16_t port_id, unsigned int new_mtu); /* Pointer to function of configuring network interface */ int (*config_network_if)(uint16_t port_id, uint8_t if_up); /* Pointer to function of configuring mac address */ int (*config_mac_address)(uint16_t port_id, uint8_t mac_addr[]); /* Pointer to function of configuring promiscuous mode */ int (*config_promiscusity)(uint16_t port_id, uint8_t to_on); }; /** * Structure for configuring KNI device. */ struct rte_kni_conf { /* * KNI name which will be used in relevant network device. * Let the name as short as possible, as it will be part of * memzone name. */ char name[RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE]; uint32_t core_id; /* Core ID to bind kernel thread on */ uint16_t group_id; /* Group ID */ unsigned mbuf_size; /* mbuf size */ struct rte_pci_addr addr; struct rte_pci_id id; __extension__ uint8_t force_bind : 1; /* Flag to bind kernel thread */ uint8_t mac_addr[ETHER_ADDR_LEN]; /* MAC address assigned to KNI */ uint16_t mtu; }; /** * Initialize and preallocate KNI subsystem * * This function is to be executed on the MASTER lcore only, after EAL * initialization and before any KNI interface is attempted to be * allocated * * @param max_kni_ifaces * The maximum number of KNI interfaces that can coexist concurrently * * @return * - 0 indicates success. * - negative value indicates failure. */ int rte_kni_init(unsigned int max_kni_ifaces); /** * Allocate KNI interface according to the port id, mbuf size, mbuf pool, * configurations and callbacks for kernel requests.The KNI interface created * in the kernel space is the net interface the traditional Linux application * talking to. * * The rte_kni_alloc shall not be called before rte_kni_init() has been * called. rte_kni_alloc is thread safe. * * The mempool should have capacity of more than "2 x KNI_FIFO_COUNT_MAX" * elements for each KNI interface allocated. * * @param pktmbuf_pool * The mempool for allocating mbufs for packets. * @param conf * The pointer to the configurations of the KNI device. * @param ops * The pointer to the callbacks for the KNI kernel requests. * * @return * - The pointer to the context of a KNI interface. * - NULL indicate error. */ struct rte_kni *rte_kni_alloc(struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool, const struct rte_kni_conf *conf, struct rte_kni_ops *ops); /** * Release KNI interface according to the context. It will also release the * paired KNI interface in kernel space. All processing on the specific KNI * context need to be stopped before calling this interface. * * rte_kni_release is thread safe. * * @param kni * The pointer to the context of an existent KNI interface. * * @return * - 0 indicates success. * - negative value indicates failure. */ int rte_kni_release(struct rte_kni *kni); /** * It is used to handle the request mbufs sent from kernel space. * Then analyzes it and calls the specific actions for the specific requests. * Finally constructs the response mbuf and puts it back to the resp_q. * * @param kni * The pointer to the context of an existent KNI interface. * * @return * - 0 * - negative value indicates failure. */ int rte_kni_handle_request(struct rte_kni *kni); /** * Retrieve a burst of packets from a KNI interface. The retrieved packets are * stored in rte_mbuf structures whose pointers are supplied in the array of * mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles allocating * the mbufs for KNI interface alloc queue. * * @param kni * The KNI interface context. * @param mbufs * The array to store the pointers of mbufs. * @param num * The maximum number per burst. * * @return * The actual number of packets retrieved. */ unsigned rte_kni_rx_burst(struct rte_kni *kni, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num); /** * Send a burst of packets to a KNI interface. The packets to be sent out are * stored in rte_mbuf structures whose pointers are supplied in the array of * mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles the freeing of * the mbufs in the free queue of KNI interface. * * @param kni * The KNI interface context. * @param mbufs * The array to store the pointers of mbufs. * @param num * The maximum number per burst. * * @return * The actual number of packets sent. */ unsigned rte_kni_tx_burst(struct rte_kni *kni, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num); /** * Get the KNI context of its name. * * @param name * pointer to the KNI device name. * * @return * On success: Pointer to KNI interface. * On failure: NULL. */ struct rte_kni *rte_kni_get(const char *name); /** * Get the name given to a KNI device * * @param kni * The KNI instance to query * @return * The pointer to the KNI name */ const char *rte_kni_get_name(const struct rte_kni *kni); /** * Register KNI request handling for a specified port,and it can * be called by master process or slave process. * * @param kni * pointer to struct rte_kni. * @param ops * pointer to struct rte_kni_ops. * * @return * On success: 0 * On failure: -1 */ int rte_kni_register_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni, struct rte_kni_ops *ops); /** * Unregister KNI request handling for a specified port. * * @param kni * pointer to struct rte_kni. * * @return * On success: 0 * On failure: -1 */ int rte_kni_unregister_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni); /** * Update link carrier state for KNI port. * * Update the linkup/linkdown state of a KNI interface in the kernel. * * @param kni * pointer to struct rte_kni. * @param linkup * New link state: * 0 for linkdown. * > 0 for linkup. * * @return * On failure: -1 * Previous link state == linkdown: 0 * Previous link state == linkup: 1 */ int __rte_experimental rte_kni_update_link(struct rte_kni *kni, unsigned int linkup); /** * Close KNI device. */ void rte_kni_close(void); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* _RTE_KNI_H_ */