From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olivier Matz Subject: [PATCH v3 04/13] mbuf: add help about TX checksum flags Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:58:46 +0100 Message-ID: <1416524335-22753-5-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> References: <1415984609-2484-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> <1416524335-22753-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz@6wind.com> Cc: jigsaw-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org To: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1416524335-22753-1-git-send-email-olivier.matz-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" Describe how to use hardware checksum API. Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz Acked-by: Bruce Richardson --- lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h index d3eba44..0c96b00 100644 --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h @@ -98,14 +98,17 @@ extern "C" { /* add new TX flags here */ #define PKT_TX_VXLAN_CKSUM (1ULL << 50) /**< TX checksum of VXLAN computed by NIC */ #define PKT_TX_IEEE1588_TMST (1ULL << 51) /**< TX IEEE1588 packet to timestamp. */ -/* - * Bits 52+53 used for L4 packet type with checksum enabled. - * 00: Reserved - * 01: TCP checksum - * 10: SCTP checksum - * 11: UDP checksum + +/** + * Bits 52+53 used for L4 packet type with checksum enabled: 00: Reserved, + * 01: TCP checksum, 10: SCTP checksum, 11: UDP checksum. To use hardware + * L4 checksum offload, the user needs to: + * - fill l2_len and l3_len in mbuf + * - set the flags PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM, PKT_TX_SCTP_CKSUM or PKT_TX_UDP_CKSUM + * - calculate the pseudo header checksum and set it in the L4 header (only + * for TCP or UDP). For SCTP, set the crc field to 0. */ -#define PKT_TX_L4_NO_CKSUM (0ULL << 52) /**< Disable L4 cksum of TX pkt. */ +#define PKT_TX_L4_NO_CKSUM (0ULL << 52) /* Disable L4 cksum of TX pkt. */ #define PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM (1ULL << 52) /**< TCP cksum of TX pkt. computed by NIC. */ #define PKT_TX_SCTP_CKSUM (2ULL << 52) /**< SCTP cksum of TX pkt. computed by NIC. */ #define PKT_TX_UDP_CKSUM (3ULL << 52) /**< UDP cksum of TX pkt. computed by NIC. */ -- 2.1.0