A nonzero value enables the compression of CQE on RX side. This feature
allows to save PCI bandwidth and improve performance. Enabled by default.
Different compression formats are supported in order to achieve the best
- performance for different traffic patterns. Hash RSS format is the default.
+ performance for different traffic patterns. Default format depends on
+ Multi-Packet Rx queue configuration: Hash RSS format is used in case
+ MPRQ is disabled, Checksum format is used in case MPRQ is enabled.
Specifying 2 as a ``rxq_cqe_comp_en`` value selects Flow Tag format for
better compression rate in case of RTE Flow Mark traffic.
Specifying 3 as a ``rxq_cqe_comp_en`` value selects Checksum format.
Specifying 4 as a ``rxq_cqe_comp_en`` value selects L3/L4 Header format for
better compression rate in case of mixed TCP/UDP and IPv4/IPv6 traffic.
+ CQE compression format selection requires DevX to be enabled. If there is
+ no DevX enabled/supported the value is reset to 1 by default.
Supported on:
if (priv->config.cqe_comp && !rxq_data->hw_timestamp) {
cq_attr.mlx5.comp_mask |=
MLX5DV_CQ_INIT_ATTR_MASK_COMPRESSED_CQE;
+ rxq_data->byte_mask = UINT32_MAX;
#ifdef HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_STRIDING_RQ_SUPPORT
- cq_attr.mlx5.cqe_comp_res_format =
- mlx5_rxq_mprq_enabled(rxq_data) ?
- MLX5DV_CQE_RES_FORMAT_CSUM_STRIDX :
- MLX5DV_CQE_RES_FORMAT_HASH;
+ if (mlx5_rxq_mprq_enabled(rxq_data)) {
+ cq_attr.mlx5.cqe_comp_res_format =
+ MLX5DV_CQE_RES_FORMAT_CSUM_STRIDX;
+ rxq_data->mcqe_format =
+ MLX5_CQE_RESP_FORMAT_CSUM_STRIDX;
+ } else {
+ cq_attr.mlx5.cqe_comp_res_format =
+ MLX5DV_CQE_RES_FORMAT_HASH;
+ rxq_data->mcqe_format =
+ MLX5_CQE_RESP_FORMAT_HASH;
+ }
#else
cq_attr.mlx5.cqe_comp_res_format = MLX5DV_CQE_RES_FORMAT_HASH;
+ rxq_data->mcqe_format = MLX5_CQE_RESP_FORMAT_HASH;
#endif
/*
* For vectorized Rx, it must not be doubled in order to
unsigned int strd_scatter_en:1; /* Scattered packets from a stride. */
unsigned int lro:1; /* Enable LRO. */
unsigned int dynf_meta:1; /* Dynamic metadata is configured. */
- unsigned int mcqe_format:3; /* Dynamic metadata is configured. */
+ unsigned int mcqe_format:3; /* CQE compression format. */
volatile uint32_t *rq_db;
volatile uint32_t *cq_db;
uint16_t port_id;