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diff --git a/extras/libmemif/docs/GettingStarted.md b/extras/libmemif/docs/GettingStarted.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3cc0ceb0db1 --- /dev/null +++ b/extras/libmemif/docs/GettingStarted.md @@ -0,0 +1,215 @@ +## Getting started + +#### Concept (Connecting to VPP) + +For detailed information on api calls and structures please refer to [libmemif.h](../src/libmemif.h) + +1. Initialize memif + - Declare callback function handling file descriptor event polling. +```C +int +control_fd_update (int fd, uint8_t events) +{ +... +} +``` + - Call memif initialization function. memif\_init +```C +err = memif_init (control_fd_update, APP_NAME); +``` + +> If event occurres on any file descriptor returned by this callback, call memif\_control\_fd\_handler function. +```C +memif_err = memif_control_fd_handler (evt.data.fd, events); +``` +> If callback function parameter for memif\_init function is set to NULL, libmemif will handle file descriptor event polling. + Api call memif\_poll\_event will call epoll\_pwait with user defined timeout to poll event on file descriptors opened by libmemif. +```C +/* main loop */ + while (1) + { + if (memif_poll_event (-1) < 0) + { + DBG ("poll_event error!"); + } + } +``` + +> Memif initialization function will initialize internal structures and create timer file descriptor, which will be used for sending periodic connection requests. Timer is disarmed if no memif interface is created. + +2. Creating interface + - Declare memif connction handle. +```C +memif_conn_handle_t c; +``` +> example app uses struct that contains connection handle, rx/tx buffers and other connection specific information. + + - Specify connection arguments. +```C +memif_conn_args_t args; +memset (&args, 0, sizeof (args)); +args.is_master = is_master; +args.log2_ring_size = 10; +args.buffer_size = 2048; +args.num_s2m_rings = 2; +args.num_m2s_rings = 2; +strncpy ((char *) args.interface_name, IF_NAME, strlen (IF_NAME)); +strncpy ((char *) args.instance_name, APP_NAME, strlen (APP_NAME)); +args.mode = 0; +args.interface_id = 0; +``` + - Declare callback functions called on connected/disconnected/interrupted status changed. +```C +int +on_connect (memif_conn_handle_t conn, void *private_ctx) +{ +... +} + +int +on_disconnect (memif_conn_handle_t conn, void *private_ctx) +{ + INFO ("memif connected!"); + return 0; +} +``` + - Call memif interface create function. memif\_create +```C +err = memif_create (&c->conn, + &args, on_connect, on_disconnect, on_interrupt, &ctx[index]); +``` +> If connection is in slave mode, arms timer file descriptor. +> If on interrupt callback is set to NULL, user will not be notified about interrupt. Use memif\_get\_queue\_efd call to get interrupt file descriptor for specific queue. +```C +int fd = -1; +err = memif_get_queue_efd (c->conn, data->qid, &fd); +``` + +3. Connection establishment + - User application will poll events on all file descriptors returned in memif\_control\_fd\_update\_t callback. + - On event call memif\_control\_fd\_handler. + - Everything else regarding connection establishment will be done internally. + - Once connection has been established, a callback will inform the user about connection status change. + +4. Interrupt packet receive + - If event is polled on interrupt file descriptor, libmemif will call memif\_interrupt\_t callback specified for every connection instance. +```C +int +on_interrupt (memif_conn_handle_t conn, void *private_ctx, uint16_t qid) +{ +... +} +``` + +6. Memif buffers + - Packet data are stored in memif\_buffer\_t. Pointer _data_ points to shared memory buffer, and unsigned integer *data\_len* contains packet data length. +```C +typedef struct +{ + uint16_t desc_index; + uint32_t buffer_len; + uint32_t data_len; + void *data; +} memif_buffer_t; +``` + +5. Packet receive + - Api call memif\_rx\_burst will set all required fields in memif buffers provided by user application. +```C +err = memif_rx_burst (c->conn, qid, c->rx_bufs, MAX_MEMIF_BUFS, &rx); +``` + - User application can then process packets. + - Api call memif\_buffer\_free will make supplied memif buffers ready for next receive and mark shared memory buffers as free. +```C +err = memif_buffer_free (c->conn, qid, c->rx_bufs, rx, &fb); +``` + +6. Packet transmit + - Api call memif\_buffer\_alloc will set all required fields in memif buffers provided by user application. +```C +err = memif_buffer_alloc (c->conn, qid, c->tx_bufs, n, &r); +``` + - User application can populate shared memory buffers with packets. + - Api call memif\_tx\_burst will inform peer interface (master memif on VPP) that there are packets ready to receive and mark memif buffers as free. +```C +err = memif_tx_burst (c->conn, qid, c->tx_bufs, c->tx_buf_num, &r); +``` + +7. Helper functions + - Memif details + - Api call memif\_get\_details will return details about connection. +```C +err = memif_get_details (c->conn, &md, buf, buflen); +``` + - Memif error messages + - Every api call returns error code (integer value) mapped to error string. + - Call memif\_strerror will return error message assigned to specific error code. +```C +if (err != MEMIF_ERR_SUCCESS) + INFO ("memif_get_details: %s", memif_strerror (err)); +``` + - Not all syscall errors are translated to memif error codes. If error code 1 (MEMIF\_ERR\_SYSCALL) is returned then libmemif needs to be compiled with -DMEMIF_DBG flag to print error message. Use _make -B_ to rebuild libmemif in debug mode. + +#### Example app (libmemif fd event polling): + +- [ICMP Responder](../examples/icmp_responder/main.c) +> Optional argument: transmit queue id. +``` +icmpr 1 +``` +> Set transmit queue id to 1. Default is 0. +> Application will create memif interface in slave mode and try to connect to VPP. Exit using Ctrl+C. Application will handle SIGINT signal, free allocated memory and exit with EXIT_SUCCESS. + +#### Example app: + +- [ICMP Responder custom fd event polling](../examples/icmp_responder-epoll/main.c) + +#### Example app (multi-thread queue polling) + +- [ICMP Responder multi-thread](../examples/icmp_responder-mt/main.c) + +> Simple example of libmemif multi-thread usage. Connection establishment is handled by main thread. There are two rx queues in this example. One in polling mode and second in interrupt mode. + +VPP config: +``` +# create memif id 0 master +# set int state memif0 up +# set int ip address memif0 192.168.1.1/24 +# ping 192.168.1.2 +``` +For multiple rings (queues) support run VPP with worker threads: +example startup.conf: +``` +unix { + interactive + nodaemon + full-coredump +} + +cpu { + workers 2 +} +``` +VPP config: +``` +# create memif id 0 master +# set int state memif0 up +# set int ip address memif0 192.168.1.1/24 +# ping 192.168.1.2 +``` +> Master mode queue number is limited by worker threads. Slave mode interface needs to specify number of queues. +``` +# create memif id 0 slave rx-queues 2 tx-queues 2 +``` +> Example applications use VPP default socket file for memif: /run/vpp/memif.sock +> For master mode, socket directory must exist prior to memif\_create call. + +#### Unit tests + +Unit tests use [Check](https://libcheck.github.io/check/index.html) framework. This framework must be installed in order to build *unit\_test* binary. +Ubuntu/Debian: +``` +sudo apt-get install check +``` +[More platforms](https://libcheck.github.io/check/web/install.html) + |