diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index c3997e5086..a09961b320 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -20,14 +20,31 @@ has been replaced with the word `accel` short for accelerator in preparation for capabilities in the future. Additionally, APIs for what was previously called the `memcpy` engine have been renamed to identify the engine as a software accelerator. +### event + +Reactor now accumulates CPU stats and they are retrieved by the RPC `framework_get_reactors`. + +### iSCSI + +The iSCSI target now creates a lightweight thread per poll group instead of assuming a pool +of lightweight threads already exist at start up time. A poll group is a collection of +unrelated iSCSI connections. Each poll group is only accessed from the associated +lightweight thread. + ### vmd A new function, `spdk_vmd_fini`, has been added. It releases all resources acquired by the VMD library through the `spdk_vmd_init` call. ### nvmf + `spdk_nvmf_poll_group_destroy()` is now asynchronous and accepts a completion callback. +The NVMe-oF target now creates a lightweight thread per poll group instead of assuming a pool +of lightweight threads already exist at start up time. A poll group is a collection of +unrelated NVMe-oF connections. Each poll group is only accessed from the associated +lightweight thread. + ### Miscellaneous `--json-ignore-init-errors` command line param has been added to ignore initialization errors @@ -40,7 +57,7 @@ exact same API. Support for AES_XTS was added for the QAT polled mode driver (pmd). The create RPC `bdev_crypto_create` has 2 new optional parameters: cipher and key2. Cipher can be either -AES_CBC (default) or AES_XTS. AES_XTS isonly valid when using the QAT polled mode driver. +AES_CBC (default) or AES_XTS. AES_XTS is only valid when using the QAT polled mode driver. The key2 parameter is the second key required for AES_XTS. ### util @@ -48,6 +65,47 @@ The key2 parameter is the second key required for AES_XTS. New functions `spdk_sn32_lt` and `spdk_sn32_gt` have been added. They compare two sequence numbers based on serial number arithmetic. +### rpc + +A new RPC `thread_set_cpumask` has been added to set the cpumask of the thread +to the specified value. + +A new RPC `thread_get_pollers` has been added to retrieve pollers of SPDK threads. + +A new RPC `thread_get_io_channels` has been added to retrieve I/O channels of SPDK threads. + +### thread + +A new function `spdk_thread_lib_init_ext` has been added, and the function +`spdk_thread_lib_init` has been deprecated. The user of `spdk_thread_lib_init_ext` is +expected to implement both functions `spdk_thread_op_fn` and `spdk_thread_op_supported_fn`. +`spdk_thread_op_supported_fn` is called to check whether the SPDK thread operation +is supported. `spdk_thread_op_fn` is called to execute the SPDK thread operation. +Current SPDK operation types are `SPDK_THREAD_OP_NEW` and `SPDK_THREAD_OP_RESCHED`. +The operation `SPDK_THREAD_OP_NEW` is called each time a new thread is created. +The operation `SPDK_THREAD_OP_RESCHED` is called when SPDK thread needs to be rescheduled. + +An unique ID has been added for each created SPDK thread, it is retrieved by a new function +`spdk_thread_get_id`, and the SPDK thread which has the specific ID is got by +a new function `spdk_thread_get_by_id`. + +A new function `spdk_thread_cpumask` has been added to set the current thread's cpumask +to the specified value. The function requires the operation `SPDK_THREAD_OP_RESCHED` +is supported. + +A new function `spdk_poller_register_named` has been added to set arbitrary name to the +created poller. If NULL, the name is set to the pointer of the poller function. + +The function `spdk_thread_poll` now measures run time per call correctly on multiple SPDK +threads configuration, and a new function `spdk_thread_get_last_tsc` has been added to use together. + +Voluntary termination of SPDK thread has been supported by refining the functions `spdk_thread_exit` +and `spdk_thread_poll`. + +### vhost + +Poll groups per session have been replaced by SPDK threads per vhost controller. + ## v20.01 ### bdev