numam-dpdk/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.h
Thomas Monjalon 9e46f6c5d8 doc: fix doxygen warnings
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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#ifndef _RTE_KNI_H_
#define _RTE_KNI_H_
/**
* @file
* RTE KNI
*
* The KNI library provides the ability to create and destroy kernel NIC
* interfaces that may be used by the RTE application to receive/transmit
* packets from/to Linux kernel net interfaces.
*
* This library provide two APIs to burst receive packets from KNI interfaces,
* and burst transmit packets to KNI interfaces.
*/
#include <rte_pci.h>
#include <rte_memory.h>
#include <rte_mempool.h>
#include <exec-env/rte_kni_common.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
struct rte_kni;
struct rte_mbuf;
/**
* Structure which has the function pointers for KNI interface.
*/
struct rte_kni_ops {
uint8_t port_id; /* Port ID */
/* Pointer to function of changing MTU */
int (*change_mtu)(uint8_t port_id, unsigned new_mtu);
/* Pointer to function of configuring network interface */
int (*config_network_if)(uint8_t port_id, uint8_t if_up);
};
/**
* Structure for configuring KNI device.
*/
struct rte_kni_conf {
/*
* KNI name which will be used in relevant network device.
* Let the name as short as possible, as it will be part of
* memzone name.
*/
char name[RTE_KNI_NAMESIZE];
uint32_t core_id; /* Core ID to bind kernel thread on */
uint16_t group_id; /* Group ID */
unsigned mbuf_size; /* mbuf size */
struct rte_pci_addr addr;
struct rte_pci_id id;
uint8_t force_bind : 1; /* Flag to bind kernel thread */
};
/**
* Initialize and preallocate KNI subsystem
*
* This function is to be executed on the MASTER lcore only, after EAL
* initialization and before any KNI interface is attempted to be
* allocated
*
* @param max_kni_ifaces
* The maximum number of KNI interfaces that can coexist concurrently
*/
extern void rte_kni_init(unsigned int max_kni_ifaces);
/**
* Allocate KNI interface according to the port id, mbuf size, mbuf pool,
* configurations and callbacks for kernel requests.The KNI interface created
* in the kernel space is the net interface the traditional Linux application
* talking to.
*
* The rte_kni_alloc shall not be called before rte_kni_init() has been
* called. rte_kni_alloc is thread safe.
*
* @param pktmbuf_pool
* The mempool for allocting mbufs for packets.
* @param conf
* The pointer to the configurations of the KNI device.
* @param ops
* The pointer to the callbacks for the KNI kernel requests.
*
* @return
* - The pointer to the context of a KNI interface.
* - NULL indicate error.
*/
extern struct rte_kni *rte_kni_alloc(struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool,
const struct rte_kni_conf *conf,
struct rte_kni_ops *ops);
/**
* It create a KNI device for specific port.
*
* Note: It is deprecated and just for backward compatibility.
*
* @param port_id
* Port ID.
* @param mbuf_size
* mbuf size.
* @param pktmbuf_pool
* The mempool for allocting mbufs for packets.
* @param ops
* The pointer to the callbacks for the KNI kernel requests.
*
* @return
* - The pointer to the context of a KNI interface.
* - NULL indicate error.
*/
extern struct rte_kni *rte_kni_create(uint8_t port_id,
unsigned mbuf_size,
struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool,
struct rte_kni_ops *ops) \
__attribute__ ((deprecated));
/**
* Release KNI interface according to the context. It will also release the
* paired KNI interface in kernel space. All processing on the specific KNI
* context need to be stopped before calling this interface.
*
* rte_kni_release is thread safe.
*
* @param kni
* The pointer to the context of an existent KNI interface.
*
* @return
* - 0 indicates success.
* - negative value indicates failure.
*/
extern int rte_kni_release(struct rte_kni *kni);
/**
* It is used to handle the request mbufs sent from kernel space.
* Then analyzes it and calls the specific actions for the specific requests.
* Finally constructs the response mbuf and puts it back to the resp_q.
*
* @param kni
* The pointer to the context of an existent KNI interface.
*
* @return
* - 0
* - negative value indicates failure.
*/
extern int rte_kni_handle_request(struct rte_kni *kni);
/**
* Retrieve a burst of packets from a KNI interface. The retrieved packets are
* stored in rte_mbuf structures whose pointers are supplied in the array of
* mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles the freeing of
* the mbufs in the free queue of KNI interface.
*
* @param kni
* The KNI interface context.
* @param mbufs
* The array to store the pointers of mbufs.
* @param num
* The maximum number per burst.
*
* @return
* The actual number of packets retrieved.
*/
extern unsigned rte_kni_rx_burst(struct rte_kni *kni,
struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num);
/**
* Send a burst of packets to a KNI interface. The packets to be sent out are
* stored in rte_mbuf structures whose pointers are supplied in the array of
* mbufs, and the maximum number is indicated by num. It handles allocating
* the mbufs for KNI interface alloc queue.
*
* @param kni
* The KNI interface context.
* @param mbufs
* The array to store the pointers of mbufs.
* @param num
* The maximum number per burst.
*
* @return
* The actual number of packets sent.
*/
extern unsigned rte_kni_tx_burst(struct rte_kni *kni,
struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num);
/**
* Get the port id from KNI interface.
*
* Note: It is deprecated and just for backward compatibility.
*
* @param kni
* The KNI interface context.
*
* @return
* On success: The port id.
* On failure: ~0x0
*/
extern uint8_t rte_kni_get_port_id(struct rte_kni *kni) \
__attribute__ ((deprecated));
/**
* Get the KNI context of its name.
*
* @param name
* pointer to the KNI device name.
*
* @return
* On success: Pointer to KNI interface.
* On failure: NULL.
*/
extern struct rte_kni *rte_kni_get(const char *name);
/**
* Get the name given to a KNI device
*
* @param kni
* The KNI instance to query
* @return
* The pointer to the KNI name
*/
extern const char *rte_kni_get_name(const struct rte_kni *kni);
/**
* Get the KNI context of the specific port.
*
* Note: It is deprecated and just for backward compatibility.
*
* @param port_id
* the port id.
*
* @return
* On success: Pointer to KNI interface.
* On failure: NULL
*/
extern struct rte_kni *rte_kni_info_get(uint8_t port_id) \
__attribute__ ((deprecated));
/**
* Register KNI request handling for a specified port,and it can
* be called by master process or slave process.
*
* @param kni
* pointer to struct rte_kni.
* @param ops
* ponter to struct rte_kni_ops.
*
* @return
* On success: 0
* On failure: -1
*/
extern int rte_kni_register_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni,
struct rte_kni_ops *ops);
/**
* Unregister KNI request handling for a specified port.
*
* @param kni
* pointer to struct rte_kni.
*
* @return
* On success: 0
* On failure: -1
*/
extern int rte_kni_unregister_handlers(struct rte_kni *kni);
/**
* Close KNI device.
*/
extern void rte_kni_close(void);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* _RTE_KNI_H_ */