[PATCH v3 16/17] net/dpaa2: add devargs to disable Rx taildrop

Maxime Leroy
2026-03-06T13:32:54Z

The DPAA2_RX_TAILDROP_OFF flag was defined and checked in
dpaa2_dev_rx_queue_setup(), but never set — making the taildrop
disable path dead code.

Wire it to a new "drv_no_taildrop" devargs, following the existing
pattern (drv_loopback, drv_no_prefetch, etc.).

Also move dpaa2_q->nb_desc assignment before the taildrop if/else
so that the descriptor count is always tracked correctly, regardless
of whether taildrop is enabled or disabled.

Usage: fslmc:dpni.1,drv_no_taildrop=1

Note: the taildrop disable path has never been reachable until now
and is untested. NXP maintainers should validate this feature.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Leroy <maxime@leroys.fr>
Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
---
drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
index a70e6895c8..d9d8ba26a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#define DRIVER_TX_CONF "drv_tx_conf"
#define DRIVER_RX_PARSE_ERR_DROP "drv_rx_parse_drop"
#define DRIVER_ERROR_QUEUE "drv_err_queue"
+#define DRIVER_NO_TAILDROP "drv_no_taildrop"
#define CHECK_INTERVAL 100 /* 100ms */
#define MAX_REPEAT_TIME 90 /* 9s (90 * 100ms) in total */

@@ -897,7 +898,6 @@ dpaa2_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
dpaa2_q = priv->rx_vq[rx_queue_id];
dpaa2_q->mb_pool = mb_pool; /**< mbuf pool to populate RX ring. */
dpaa2_q->bp_array = rte_dpaa2_bpid_info;
- dpaa2_q->nb_desc = UINT16_MAX;
dpaa2_q->offloads = rx_conf->offloads;

/*Get the flow id from given VQ id*/
@@ -950,11 +950,12 @@ dpaa2_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
return ret;
}

+ dpaa2_q->nb_desc = nb_rx_desc;
+
if (!(priv->flags & DPAA2_RX_TAILDROP_OFF)) {
struct dpni_taildrop taildrop;

taildrop.enable = 1;
- dpaa2_q->nb_desc = nb_rx_desc;
/* Private CGR will use tail drop length as nb_rx_desc.
* for rest cases we can use standard byte based tail drop.
* There is no HW restriction, but number of CGRs are limited,
@@ -2887,6 +2888,11 @@ dpaa2_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
DPAA2_PMD_INFO("Rx loopback mode");
}

+ if (dpaa2_get_devargs(dev->devargs, DRIVER_NO_TAILDROP)) {
+ priv->flags |= DPAA2_RX_TAILDROP_OFF;
+ DPAA2_PMD_INFO("Rx taildrop disabled");
+ }
+
/* For secondary processes, the primary has done all the work */
if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
/* In case of secondary, only burst and ops API need to be
@@ -3384,5 +3390,6 @@ RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(NET_DPAA2_PMD_DRIVER_NAME,
DRIVER_NO_PREFETCH_MODE "=<int>"
DRIVER_TX_CONF "=<int>"
DRIVER_RX_PARSE_ERR_DROP "=<int>"
- DRIVER_ERROR_QUEUE "=<int>");
+ DRIVER_ERROR_QUEUE "=<int>"
+ DRIVER_NO_TAILDROP "=<int>");
RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(dpaa2_logtype_pmd, NOTICE);
--
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