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diff --git a/extras/libmemif/docs/gettingstarted_doc.md b/extras/libmemif/docs/gettingstarted_doc.md index e3ae6e5658e..dbe465c4b8a 100644 --- a/extras/libmemif/docs/gettingstarted_doc.md +++ b/extras/libmemif/docs/gettingstarted_doc.md @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ control_fd_update (int fd, uint8_t events) ``` - Call memif initialization function. memif\_init ```C -err = memif_init (control_fd_update, APP_NAME); +err = memif_init (control_fd_update, APP_NAME, NULL, NULL); ``` -> If event occurres on any file descriptor returned by this callback, call memif\_control\_fd\_handler function. +> If event occurres on any file descriptor returned by this callback, call memif\_control\_fd\_handler function. Since version 2.0, last two optional arguments are used to specify custom memory allocation. ```C memif_err = memif_control_fd_handler (evt.data.fd, events); ``` @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ 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; ``` @@ -102,40 +101,45 @@ 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. + - Packet data are stored in memif\_buffer\_t. Pointer _data_ points to shared memory buffer, and unsigned integer *_len* contains buffer length. + - flags: MEMIF\_BUFFER\_FLAG\_NEXT states that the buffer is not large enough to contain whole packet, so next buffer contains the rest of the packet. (chained buffers) ```C typedef struct { uint16_t desc_index; - uint32_t buffer_len; - uint32_t data_len; + uint32_t len; + uint8_t flags; 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. + - Api call memif\_rx\_burst will set all required fields in memif buffers provided by user application and dequeue received buffers. ```C -err = memif_rx_burst (c->conn, qid, c->rx_bufs, MAX_MEMIF_BUFS, &rx); +err = memif_rx_burst (c->conn, qid, c->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. + - Api call memif\_refill\_queue will enqueue rx buffers. ```C -err = memif_buffer_free (c->conn, qid, c->rx_bufs, rx, &fb); +err = memif_refill_queue (c->conn, qid, rx); ``` 6. Packet transmit - - Api call memif\_buffer\_alloc will set all required fields in memif buffers provided by user application. + - Api call memif\_buffer\_alloc will find free tx buffers and 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. + - Api call memif\_tx\_burst will enqueue tx buffers ```C err = memif_tx_burst (c->conn, qid, c->tx_bufs, c->tx_buf_num, &r); ``` 7. Helper functions + - Memif version +```C +uint16_t memif_ver = memif_get_version (); +``` - Memif details - Api call memif\_get\_details will return details about connection. ```C @@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ ICMP Responder custom fd event polling. ICMP Responder multi-thread. - @ref extras/libmemif/examples/icmp_responder-mt -> 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. +> Simple example of libmemif multi-thread usage. Connection establishment is handled by main thread. There are two rx/tx queues in this example. One in polling mode and second in interrupt mode. VPP config: ``` |