Hi All, Does anyone know if any progress has been made with respect to multi-buffer support with AF_XDP? I would also like to help. Kal On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 1:12 PM Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 09:52:02AM -0400, eric@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 01:26:12PM +0000, Karlsson, Magnus wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jbrouer@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 1, 2022 3:13 PM > > > > To: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>; Kal Cutter Conley > > > > <kal.conley@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Xdp <xdp-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Cc: Brouer, Jesper <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>; Lorenzo Bianconi > > > > <lorenzo.bianconi@xxxxxxxxxx>; Karlsson, Magnus > > > > <magnus.karlsson@xxxxxxxxx>; eric.david.sage@xxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: XDP multi-buffer and AF_XDP > > > > > > > > > > > > On 01/04/2022 13.39, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > > > > > Kal Cutter Conley <kal.conley@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Hi, > > > > >>> We are very interested in receiving jumbo frames (> 8000 bytes) over > > > > >>> AF_XDP. Does XDP multi-buffer support XDP_REDIRECT with AF_XDP? > > > > What > > > > >>> about in zero-copy mode? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Cheers, > > > > >>> Kal > > > > >> > > > > >> Looking into this more I found this comment in the mlx5 driver: > > > > >> > > > > >> /* Don't enable multi buffer on XDP_REDIRECT SQ, as it's not yet > > > > >> * supported by upstream, and there is no defined trigger to allow > > > > >> * transmitting redirected multi-buffer frames. > > > > >> */ > > > > >> > > > > >> So at least mlx5 does not yet support XDP multi-buffer with > > > > >> XDP_REDIRECT. What "upstream" support is required to get > > > > XDP_REDIRECT > > > > >> to work with XSKs? > > > > > > > > > > Well, the initial patch set for multibuf explicitly blocked > > > > > XDP_REDIRECT between interfaces, which is what that comment is > > > > > referring to (the TX side). > > > > > > > > > > For AF_XDP we'd also need to define the UAPI, and maybe add a socket > > > > > flag so the userspace program can signal to the kernel that it > > > > > understands it? Not sure about the details. > > > > > > > > > > You're definitely not the only person who wants this, though; adding > > > > > in some people who may have a better idea of the exact steps needed. > > > > > > > > Cc. Eric Sage, as he also expressed interest in implementing this... > > > > > > Adding Tirtha that has patches for the AF_XDP support of multi-buffer. > > > Though, he is currently integrating his i40e multi-buffer driver > > > support with Lorenzo's TX-patches that he sent as an RFC. Latest I > > > heard is that Tirtha is planning on submitting this in a couple of > > > weeks as a proper patch to the mailing list. And after that, the focus > > > is to brush up the AF_XDP and ZC support patches as we stopped trying > > > to track Lorenzo's multi-buffer patches at version 13 out of 23 ;-). > > > We just could not keep up. > > > > Ah, if there is anything I can do to help please let me know. My company needs this > > feature so I can work on it full time. I would love to help out however I can. > > Hey Eric! We'll keep you in loop in terms of progress around this work. > > > > > Thanks, > > Eric Sage > > > > > > > --Jesper > > >
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