netdev-dpdk: add hotplug support

In order to use dpdk ports in ovs they have to be bound to a DPDK
compatible driver before ovs is started.

This patch adds the possibility to hotplug (or hot-unplug) a device
after ovs has been started. The implementation adds two appctl commands:
netdev-dpdk/attach and netdev-dpdk/detach

After the user attaches a new device, it has to be added to a bridge
using the add-port command, similarly, before detaching a device,
it has to be removed using the del-port command.

Signed-off-by: Mauricio Vasquez B <mauricio.vasquezbernal@studenti.polito.it>
Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
Co-authored-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
Acked-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen@that.guru>  # docs only
Signed-off-by: Daniele Di Proietto <diproiettod@vmware.com>

Author: 2 people

Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst

@@ -298,6 +298,33 @@ physical ports which in turn effects the non-tunnel traffic performance.
 So it is advised to turn off the Rx checksum offload for non-tunnel traffic use
 cases to achieve the best performance.
 
+.. _port-hotplug:
+
+Port Hotplug
+------------
+
+OVS supports port hotplugging, allowing the use of ports that were not bound
+to DPDK when vswitchd was started.
+In order to attach a port, it has to be bound to DPDK using the
+``dpdk_nic_bind.py`` script::
+
+    $ $DPDK_DIR/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py --bind=igb_uio 0000:01:00.0
+
+Then it can be attached to OVS::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl netdev-dpdk/attach 0000:01:00.0
+
+At this point, the user can create a dpdk port using the ``add-port`` command.
+
+It is also possible to detach a port from ovs, the user has to remove the
+port using the del-port command, then it can be detached using::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl netdev-dpdk/detach dpdk0
+
+This feature is not supported with VFIO and does not work with some NICs.
+For more information please refer to the `DPDK Port Hotplug Framework
+<http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/port_hotplug_framework.html#hotplug>`__.
+
 .. _dpdk-ovs-in-guest:
 
 OVS with DPDK Inside VMs

NEWS

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Post-v2.6.0
        which set the number of rx and tx descriptors to use for the given port.
      * Support for DPDK v16.11.
      * Support for rx checksum offload. Refer DPDK HOWTO for details.
+     * Port Hotplug is now supported.
    - Fedora packaging:
      * A package upgrade does not automatically restart OVS service.
    - ovs-vswitchd/ovs-vsctl:

lib/netdev-dpdk.c

@@ -2357,6 +2357,82 @@ netdev_dpdk_set_admin_state(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc,
     unixctl_command_reply(conn, "OK");
 }
 
+static void
+netdev_dpdk_attach(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc OVS_UNUSED,
+                   const char *argv[], void *aux OVS_UNUSED)
+{
+    int ret;
+    char *response;
+    uint8_t port_id;
+
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&dpdk_mutex);
+
+    ret = rte_eth_dev_attach(argv[1], &port_id);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        response = xasprintf("Error attaching device '%s'", argv[1]);
+        ovs_mutex_unlock(&dpdk_mutex);
+        unixctl_command_reply_error(conn, response);
+        free(response);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    response = xasprintf("Device '%s' has been attached as 'dpdk%d'",
+                         argv[1], port_id);
+
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&dpdk_mutex);
+    unixctl_command_reply(conn, response);
+    free(response);
+}
+
+static void
+netdev_dpdk_detach(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc OVS_UNUSED,
+                   const char *argv[], void *aux OVS_UNUSED)
+{
+    int ret;
+    char *response;
+    unsigned int parsed_port;
+    uint8_t port_id;
+    char devname[RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN];
+
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&dpdk_mutex);
+
+    ret = dpdk_dev_parse_name(argv[1], "dpdk", &parsed_port);
+    if (ret) {
+        response = xasprintf("'%s' is not a valid port", argv[1]);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    port_id = parsed_port;
+
+    struct netdev *netdev = netdev_from_name(argv[1]);
+    if (netdev) {
+        netdev_close(netdev);
+        response = xasprintf("Port '%s' is being used. Remove it before"
+                             "detaching", argv[1]);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    rte_eth_dev_close(port_id);
+
+    ret = rte_eth_dev_detach(port_id, devname);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        response = xasprintf("Port '%s' can not be detached", argv[1]);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    response = xasprintf("Port '%s' has been detached", argv[1]);
+
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&dpdk_mutex);
+    unixctl_command_reply(conn, response);
+    free(response);
+    return;
+
+error:
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&dpdk_mutex);
+    unixctl_command_reply_error(conn, response);
+    free(response);
+}
+
 /*
  * Set virtqueue flags so that we do not receive interrupts.
  */
@@ -2632,6 +2708,12 @@ netdev_dpdk_class_init(void)
         unixctl_command_register("netdev-dpdk/set-admin-state",
                                  "[netdev] up|down", 1, 2,
                                  netdev_dpdk_set_admin_state, NULL);
+        unixctl_command_register("netdev-dpdk/attach",
+                                 "pci address of device", 1, 1,
+                                 netdev_dpdk_attach, NULL);
+        unixctl_command_register("netdev-dpdk/detach",
+                                 "port", 1, 1,
+                                 netdev_dpdk_detach, NULL);
 
         ovsthread_once_done(&once);
     }
@@ -2668,7 +2750,7 @@ dpdk_ring_create(const char dev_name[], unsigned int port_no,
 {
     struct dpdk_ring *ring_pair;
     char *ring_name;
-    int err;
+    int port_id;
 
     ring_pair = dpdk_rte_mzalloc(sizeof *ring_pair);
     if (!ring_pair) {
@@ -2698,19 +2780,20 @@ dpdk_ring_create(const char dev_name[], unsigned int port_no,
         return ENOMEM;
     }
 
-    err = rte_eth_from_rings(dev_name, &ring_pair->cring_rx, 1,
-                             &ring_pair->cring_tx, 1, SOCKET0);
+    port_id = rte_eth_from_rings(dev_name, &ring_pair->cring_rx, 1,
+                                 &ring_pair->cring_tx, 1, SOCKET0);
 
-    if (err < 0) {
+    if (port_id < 0) {
         rte_free(ring_pair);
         return ENODEV;
     }
 
     ring_pair->user_port_id = port_no;
-    ring_pair->eth_port_id = rte_eth_dev_count() - 1;
+    ring_pair->eth_port_id = port_id;
+    *eth_port_id = port_id;
+
     ovs_list_push_back(&dpdk_ring_list, &ring_pair->list_node);
 
-    *eth_port_id = ring_pair->eth_port_id;
     return 0;
 }