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2022-12-02vhost: convert vhost device driver to a pluginSteven Luong1-201/+0
convert vhost device driver to a plugin as described in https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-2065 Type: improvement Signed-off-by: Steven Luong <sluong@cisco.com> Change-Id: Ibfe2f351bcaed36a04b136d082ae414145dd37b5
2021-01-08vhost: Add event index for interrupt notification to driverSteven Luong1-1/+72
VPP only supports a poor man's approach for interrupt notification to the driver. It uses a simple binary flag for "interrupt needed" or "interrupt not needed". Most drivers support more sophisticated event index already. This feature is to add the long due missing feature and make it configurable, off by default. Type: feature Signed-off-by: Steven Luong <sluong@cisco.com> Change-Id: I68dab7dd07045cafb49af97b7f70db9b8131ae03
2020-06-16virtio: add vhost sw_if_index filter for sw_interface_vhost_user_dumpSteven Luong1-1/+1
The filter sw_if_index was in the API sw_interface_vhost_user_dump. But it was never implemented in the backend. This patch is to add the backend, vat, and custom dump support for the filter. Type: feature Signed-off-by: Steven Luong <sluong@cisco.com> Change-Id: Iaa41a7e11bfbcbb4c60092375e4b0dcf0950077b
2020-04-27virtio: support virtio 1.1 packed ring in vhostSteven Luong1-1/+5
virtio 1.1 defines a number of new features. Packed ring is among the most notable and important one. It combines used, available, and descripptor rings into one. This patch provides experimental support for packed ring. To avoid regression, when packed ring is configured for the interface, it is branched to a separate RX and TX driver. Non packed ring should continue to perform as it was before. Packed ring is tested using qemu4.2 and ubuntu focal fossa (kernel 5.4.0-12) on the guess VM which supports packed ring. To configure VPP with packed ring, just add the optional keyword "packed" when creating the vhost interface. To bring up the guest VM with packed ring, add "packed=on" in the qemu launch command. To facilitate troubleshooting, also added "verbose" option in show vhost desc CLI to include displaying the indirect descriptors. Known qemu reconnect issue - If VPP is restarted, guest VMs also need to be restarted. The problem is kernel virtio-net-pci keeps track of the previous available and used indices. For virtio 1.0, these indices are in shared memory and qemu can easily copy them to pass to the backend for reconnect. For virio 1.1, these indices are no longer in shared memory. Qemu needs a new mechanism to retrieve them and it is not currently implemented. So when the protocol reconnects, qemu does not have the correct available and used indices to pass to the backend. As a result, after the reconnect, virtio-net-pci is reading the TX ring from the wrong position in the ring, not the same position which the backend is writing. Similar problem exists also in the RX. Type: feature Signed-off-by: Steven Luong <sluong@cisco.com> Change-Id: I5afc50b0bafab5a1de7a6dd10f399db3fafd144c
2019-12-11devices: vhost API cleanupJakub Grajciar1-23/+34
Use consistent API types. Type: fix Change-Id: I2dec594cb834a45004edc9ca58ad7c7b4bd7ff06 Signed-off-by: Jakub Grajciar <jgrajcia@cisco.com>
2019-07-31devices interface tests: vhosst GSO supportSteven Luong1-1/+5
Add gso option in create vhost interface to support gso and checksum offload. Tested with the following startup options in qemu: csum=on,gso=on,guest_csum=on,guest_tso4=on,guest_tso6=on,guest_ufo=on, host_tso4=on,host_tso6=on,host_ufo=on Type: feature Change-Id: I9ba1ee33677a694c4a0dfe66e745b098995902b8 Signed-off-by: Steven Luong <sluong@cisco.com>
2018-09-20vhost-user: Add disable feature support in apiMohsin Kazmi1-1/+5
Two flags to disable mergable rx buffers and indirect descriptors are added to api. Change-Id: Iba0ee9c48d19dfc3d3420a3fdaf44a1a1d325e99 Signed-off-by: Mohsin Kazmi <sykazmi@cisco.com>
2018-01-23VPPAPIGEN: vppapigen replacement in Python PLY.Ole Troan1-1/+1
This is a version of the VPP API generator in Python PLY. It supports the existing language, and has a plugin architecture for generators. Currently C and JSON are supported. Changes: - vl_api_version to option version = "major.minor.patch" - enum support - Added error checking and reporting - import support (removed the C pre-processor) - services (tying request/reply together) Version: option version = "1.0.0"; Enum: enum colours { RED, BLUE = 50, }; define foo { vl_api_colours_t colours; }; Services: service { rpc foo returns foo_reply; rpc foo_dump returns stream foo_details; rpc want_stats returns want_stats_reply events ip4_counters, ip6_counters; }; Future planned features: - unions - bool, text - array support (including length) - proto3 output plugin - Refactor C/C++ generator as a plugin - Refactor Java generator as a plugin Change-Id: Ifa289966c790e1b1a8e2938a91e69331e3a58bdf Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
2017-10-09vppapigen: support per-file (major,minor,patch) version stampsDave Barach1-0/+2
Add one of these statements to foo.api: vl_api_version 1.2.3 to generate a version tuple stanza in foo.api.h: /****** Version tuple *****/ vl_api_version_tuple(foo, 1, 2, 3) Change-Id: Ic514439e4677999daa8463a94f948f76b132ff15 Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net> Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
2017-08-28vhost: Remove operation mode in the APISteven1-6/+0
create/delete/modify vhost_user APIs no longer support the operation mode (polling/interrupt/adaptive). They are now done via the generic interface. Change-Id: I9e9bd503f9b56c953ecd2b271b3e2007da20c72a Signed-off-by: Steven <sluong@cisco.com>
2017-04-25"autoreply" flag: autogenerate standard xxx_reply_t messagesDave Barach1-22/+2
Change-Id: I72298aaae7d172082ece3a8edea4217c11b28d79 Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>
2017-03-08vhost: binary API changes for interrupt modeSteven1-0/+6
Add operation_mode for create_vhost_user_if, modify_vhost_user_if, and sw_interface_vhost_user_details. Only polling mode is supported for these APIs. Other mode is rejected and gets VNET_API_ERROR_UNIMPLEMENTED error. Change-Id: I0596f4e2c087aa2b6f78eb3e0b63910b1859641e Signed-off-by: Steven <sluong@cisco.com>
2016-12-28Reorganize source tree to use single autotools instanceDamjan Marion1-0/+125
Change-Id: I7b51f88292e057c6443b12224486f2d0c9f8ae23 Signed-off-by: Damjan Marion <damarion@cisco.com>