[RFC PATCH v4 25/27] qedn: Add IO level fastpath functionality

[Shai Malin]

On 5/2/21 2:54 PM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 4/29/21 9:09 PM, Shai Malin wrote:
> > This patch will present the IO level functionality of qedn
> > nvme-tcp-offload host mode. The qedn_task_ctx structure is containing
> > various params and state of the current IO, and is mapped 1x1 to the
> > fw_task_ctx which is a HW and FW IO context.
> > A qedn_task is mapped directly to its parent connection.
> > For every new IO a qedn_task structure will be assigned and they will be
> > linked for the entire IO's life span.
> >
> > The patch will include 2 flows:
> >    1. Send new command to the FW:
> >        The flow is: nvme_tcp_ofld_queue_rq() which invokes qedn_send_req()
> >        which invokes qedn_queue_request() which will:
> >       - Assign fw_task_ctx.
> >        - Prepare the Read/Write SG buffer.
> >        -  Initialize the HW and FW context.
> >        - Pass the IO to the FW.
> >
> >    2. Process the IO completion:
> >       The flow is: qedn_irq_handler() which invokes qedn_fw_cq_fp_handler()
> >        which invokes qedn_io_work_cq() which will:
> >        - process the FW completion.
> >        - Return the fw_task_ctx to the task pool.
> >        - complete the nvme req.
> >
> > Acked-by: Igor Russkikh <irusskikh at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Omkar Kulkarni <okulkarni at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon <mkalderon at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <aelior at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Shai Malin <smalin at marvell.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h      |   4 +
> >   drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn_conn.c |   1 +
> >   drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn_task.c | 269 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >   3 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de>

Thanks.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
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