Thanks Tech board & Akhil for clarifying the concern.
Sure. I will send the new version of the patch.
Regards
Abhinandan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akhil Goyal <akhil.go...@nxp.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:31 PM
> To: Gujjar, Abhinandan S <abhinandan.guj...@intel.com>; Honnappa
> Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richard...@intel.com>; Ray Kinsella <m...@ashroe.eu>; Thomas
> Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> Cc: Ananyev, Konstantin <konstantin.anan...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org;
> Doherty, Declan <declan.dohe...@intel.com>; techbo...@dpdk.org; Vangati,
> Narender <narender.vang...@intel.com>; jer...@marvell.com; nd
> <n...@arm.com>
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-techboard] [v4 1/3] cryptodev: support enqueue callback
> functions
>
> >
> > Hi Akhil,
> >
> > Any updates on this?
> >
> There has been no objections for this patch from techboard.
>
> @Thomas Monjalon: could you please review the release notes.
> I believe there should be a bullet for API changes to add 2 new fields in
> rte_cryptodev.
> What do you suggest?
>
> @Gujjar, Abhinandan S
> Please send a new version for comments on errno.
> If possible add cases for deq_cbs as well. If not, send it by next week.
>
> Regards,
> Akhil
> > > + Ray for ABI
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 02:28:43PM +0000, Akhil Goyal wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Konstantin,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi Tech board members,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have a doubt about the ABI breakage in below addition of
> > > > > > > > field.
> > > > > > > > Could you please comment.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > /** The data structure associated with each crypto device.
> > > > > > > > > */ struct rte_cryptodev {
> > > > > > > > > dequeue_pkt_burst_t dequeue_burst; @@ -867,6 +922,10
> > > > @@
> > > > > > > > > struct rte_cryptodev {
> > > > > > > > > __extension__
> > > > > > > > > uint8_t attached : 1;
> > > > > > > > > /**< Flag indicating the device is attached */
> > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > + struct rte_cryptodev_enq_cb_rcu *enq_cbs;
> > > > > > > > > + /**< User application callback for pre enqueue
> > > > > > > > > +processing */
> > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > } __rte_cache_aligned;
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Here rte_cryptodevs is defined in stable API list in map
> > > > > > > > file which is a pointer To all rte_cryptodev and the above
> > > > > > > > change is changing the size of the
> > > > > > structure.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While this patch adds new fields into rte_cryptodev structure,
> > > > > > it doesn't change the size of it.
> > > > > > struct rte_cryptodev is cache line aligned, so it's current size:
> > > > > > 128B for 64-bit systems, and 64B(/128B) for 32-bit systems.
> > > > > > So for 64-bit we have 47B implicitly reserved, and for 32-bit
> > > > > > we have 19B reserved.
> > > > > > That's enough to add two pointers without changing size of this
> > > > > > struct.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The structure is cache aligned, and if the cache line size in
> > > > > 32Byte and the compilation is done on 64bit machine, then we
> > > > > will be left with 15Bytes which is not sufficient for 2 pointers.
> > > > > Do we have such systems? Am I missing something?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't think we support any such systems, so unless someone can
> > > > point out a specific case where we need to support 32-byte CLs,
> > > > I'd tend towards ignoring this as a non-issue.
> > > Agree. I have not come across 32B cache line.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > The reason I brought this into techboard is to have a consensus
> > > > > on such change As rte_cryptodev is a very popular and stable
> > > > > structure.
> > > > > Any changes to it may Have impacts which one person cannot judge
> > > > > all use
> > > > cases.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Haven't been tracking this discussion much, but from what I read
> > > > here, this doesn't look like an ABI break and should be ok.
> > > If we are filling the holes in the cache line with new fields, it
> > > should not be an ABI break.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > /Bruce
