> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula [mailto:pbhagavat...@marvell.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:41 PM
> To: Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jer...@marvell.com>; Van Haaren, Harry
> <harry.van.haa...@intel.com>; Rao, Nikhil <nikhil....@intel.com>; Carrillo,
> Erik G <erik.g.carri...@intel.com>; Gujjar, Abhinandan S
> <abhinandan.guj...@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnam...@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula
> <pbhagavat...@marvell.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] doc: add notes about eventdev producer
> consumer dependency
>
> From: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@marvell.com>
>
> EventDev i.e consumer needs to be started before starting the event
> producers.
> Update documentation of EventDev and EventDev adapters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@marvell.com>
> ---
> v2 Changes: Add Notes to doxygen API.
>
> doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst | 5 +++++
> doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst | 5 +++++
> doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst | 5 +++++
> doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst | 5 +++++
> lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_crypto_adapter.h | 4 ++++
> lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h | 4 ++++
> lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h | 4 ++++
> 7 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
> index 9fe09c805..1e3eb7139 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
> @@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ service function if one exists.
>
> rte_event_crypto_adapter_start(id, mode);
>
> +.. Note::
> +
> + The eventdev to which the event_crypto_adapter is connected needs
> to
> + be started before calling rte_event_crypto_adapter_start().
> +
> Get adapter statistics
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
> index 0166bb45d..e95529974 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
> @@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ This function calls the start callbacks of the eventdev
> PMDs for hardware based eventdev-ethdev connections and
> ``rte_service_run_state_set()`` to enable the service function if one exists.
>
> +.. Note::
> +
> + The eventdev to which the event_eth_rx_adapter is connected needs
> to
> + be started before calling rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_start().
> +
> Getting Adapter Statistics
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
> index 3b4446ee9..eb195ebd4 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_timer_adapter.rst
> @@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ running the event timer adapter. This function calls
> the start entry points defined by eventdev PMDs for hardware
> implementations or puts a service component into the running state in the
> software implementation.
>
> +.. Note::
> +
> + The eventdev to which the event_timer_adapter is connected needs
> to
> + be started before calling rte_event_timer_adapter_start().
> +
> Arming Event Timers
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
> index 8fcae5469..dcdfeb75e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/eventdev.rst
> @@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ eventdev.
>
> int err = rte_event_dev_start(dev_id);
>
> +.. Note::
> +
> + EventDev needs to be started before starting the event producers
> such
> + as event_eth_rx_adapter, event_timer_adapter and
> event_crypto_adapter.
> +
> Ingress of New Events
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_crypto_adapter.h
> b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_crypto_adapter.h
> index d367309cb..a7419e91c 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_crypto_adapter.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_crypto_adapter.h
> @@ -472,6 +472,10 @@ rte_event_crypto_adapter_queue_pair_del(uint8_t
> id, uint8_t cdev_id,
> * @return
> * - 0: Success, adapter started successfully.
> * - <0: Error code on failure.
> + *
> + * @note
> + * The eventdev to which the event_crypto_adapter is connected needs
> + to
> + * be started before calling rte_event_crypto_adapter_start().
> */
> int __rte_experimental
> rte_event_crypto_adapter_start(uint8_t id); diff --git
> a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
> b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
> index 863b72a10..2314b93f6 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
> @@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(uint8_t
> id, uint16_t eth_dev_id,
> * @return
> * - 0: Success, Adapter started correctly.
> * - <0: Error code on failure.
> + *
> + * @note
> + * The eventdev to which the event_eth_rx_adapter is connected needs
> + to
> + * be started before calling rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_start().
> */
> int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_start(uint8_t id);
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
> b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
> index db98dec46..cc4518d41 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
> @@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_get_info(
> * - -EINVAL if adapter identifier invalid
> * - -ENOENT if software adapter but no service core mapped
> * - -ENOTSUP if software adapter and more than one service core mapped
> + *
> + * @note
> + * The eventdev to which the event_timer_adapter is connected needs to
> + * be started before calling rte_event_timer_adapter_start().
> */
> int __rte_experimental
> rte_event_timer_adapter_start(
> --
> 2.21.0
Reviewed-by: Erik Gabriel Carrillo <erik.g.carri...@intel.com>