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DPDK rte_flow rules RSS support for more NICs - v2 #12317

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Link to ticket: https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7337

Previous PR #12315

Describe changes:
v2

  • expand on individual commit messages
  • change "ifs" to "else ifs" in DevicePostStartPMDSpecificActions() in source-dpdk.c
  • remove unused RSS hash key configuration from util-dpdk-ice.c
  • change RSS hash function to RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_SYMMETRIC_TOEPLITZ (was RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_TOEPLITZ) in util-dpdk-ice.c

v1

  • move the base of rte_flow rules RSS configuration from util-dpdk-i40e.c to separate file
  • add rte_flow rules RSS configuration for mlx5, ixgbe and ice drivers (only i40e until now)
  • until now i40e hashed packets by 5 tuple, now (also other mentioned drivers) hash by ip src and ip dst only.

Ticket: #7337

Adam Kiripolsky added 4 commits December 21, 2024 14:29
Move and adjust the base of  RSS configuration from util-dpdk-i40e.c to
a new file that can be later utilized by other cards.

RSS configuration can be configured via rte_flow rules. This is useful
for possible future features such as specific header offload
(vxlan, nvgre) also implemented via rte_flow rules, as rte_flow
rules can be chained via groups and priorities.

i40e uses multiple different rte_flow rules to setup RSS. At first,
function DeviceSetRSSFlowQueues() is used to setup rx queues.
This rule matches all types of traffic, so the equivalent
to dpdk-testpmd pattern would be "pattern end"
This rule can not contain hash types (ipv4, ipv6 etc.) nor hash key.
The hash function used here is RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT.

The syntax in dpdk-testpmd for this rule with attributes:
	port index == 0
	used rx queue indices == 0 1 2 3
is as follows:
"flow create 0 ingress pattern end actions rss queues 0 1 2 3 end
func default / end"

The other rules configured by i40eDeviceSetRSSFlowIPv4() and
i40eDeviceSetRSSFlowIPv6() match specific type of traffic by l4 protocol
(none, TCP, UDP, SCTP). For example, pattern to match l3 ipv4 with l4
tcp traffic in dpdk-testpmd syntax would be equivalent of
"pattern eth / ipv4 / tcp / end".
These rules can not have rx queues configured, but have hash types
(ipv4 src dst / ipv6 src dst) and 52 bytes long symmetric hash key
configured. The hash function RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_TOEPLITZ used
in these rules hashes symmetricaly due to the symmetric hash key.

The syntax in dpdk-testpmd for rule to match ipv4-tcp traffic with
attributes:
	port index == 0
	<hash_key> == 6d5a symmetric hash key
is as follows:
"flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 / tcp / end actions rss types
ipv4 end queues end key <hash_key> key_len 52 func toeplitz / end"
(queues need to be set to NULL)

Ticket: 7337
ixgbe driver requires different configuration of RSS rte_flow
rule than i40e, with just one generic rule matching all traffic.

The generic rule configured by DeviceCreateRSSFlowGeneric() has pattern
equivalent to "pattern eth / end" in dpdk-testpmd syntax. The rule must
have rx queues configured. The rule hashes traffic to different queues
based on ipv4 and ipv6 hash types (ipv4 src dst / ipv6 src dst).
The hash key is 40 bytes long  symmetric hash key. ixgbe does not
support any other hash function than RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT.

The syntax in dpdk-testpmd for this rule with attributes:
	port index == 0
	used rx queue indices == 0 1 2 3
	<hash_key> == 6d5a symmetric hash key
is as follows:
"flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / end actions rss types ipv4 ipv6
end queues 0 1 2 3 end key <hash_key> key_len 40 func default / end"

Ticket: 7337
ice driver requires 2 rte_flow rules for matching and
redistributing incoming traffic with RSS.

The rules set up by iceDeviceSetRSSFlowIPv4() and
iceDeviceSetRSSFlowIPv6() are different only in the pattern
("pattern eth / ipv4 / end" or "pattern eth / ipv6 / end"
in dpdk-testpmd syntax) and in the hash type (ipv4 src dst / ipv6 src
dst). ice will match all ipv4 or ipv6 traffic independently of
following l4 protocol. The rules can not have queues configured,
implicitly they will use all queues available.
The hash function is set to RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_SYMMETRIC_TOEPLITZ
as the hash key also can not be set explicitly.

The syntax in dpdk-testpmd for rule to match all ipv4 traffic
with attributes:
	port index == 0
is as follows:
"flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 / end actions rss types ipv4
end queues end func symmetric_toeplitz / end"
(queues need to be set to NULL)

Ticket: 7337
mlx5 driver uses only one generic rte_flow RSS rule to match all traffic

The configuration of this rule is the same as for ixgbe driver except
the hash function is not RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT but
RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_TOEPLITZ.

The syntax in dpdk-testpmd for this rule with attributes:
	port index == 0
	used rx queue indices == 0 1 2 3
	<hash_key> == 6d5a symmetric hash key
is as follows:
"flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / end actions rss types ipv4 ipv6
end queues 0 1 2 3 end key <hash_key> key_len 40 func toeplitz / end"

Ticket: 7337
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