net/nfp: add CPP bridge as service

Message ID 20190103085621.23611-1-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
Headers
Series net/nfp: add CPP bridge as service |

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Commit Message

Alejandro Lucero Jan. 3, 2019, 8:56 a.m. UTC
  The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly programmable
with the goal of processing packets at high speed. Processing units
and other chip components are available from the host through the
PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD configures
a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform actions
like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the MAC component.

There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components for
programming and debugging but they require the CPP interface. When the
PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface, so these
host tools can not access the NFP through other means like NFP kernel
drivers.

This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which can be
enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS will not
enable specific service cores, but this can be performed with a
secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge service and
therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
---
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c     | 393 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_pmd.h |   1 +
 2 files changed, 393 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  

Comments

Ferruh Yigit Jan. 9, 2019, 10:54 a.m. UTC | #1
On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly programmable
> with the goal of processing packets at high speed. Processing units
> and other chip components are available from the host through the
> PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD configures
> a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform actions
> like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the MAC component.
> 
> There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components for
> programming and debugging but they require the CPP interface. When the
> PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface, so these
> host tools can not access the NFP through other means like NFP kernel
> drivers.
> 
> This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which can be
> enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS will not
> enable specific service cores, but this can be performed with a
> secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge service and
> therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.

Hi Alejandro,

Getting a few build errors, more details below.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
<...>

> +	/* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> +	cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;

With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on 32bit build.

[1]
error #63: shift count is too large

<...>

> +			if (err != (int)len) {
> +				printf("%s: error when receiving, %d of %lu\n",
> +					__func__, err, count);

Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use logging macros instead
of printf?

[3]
error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 4
has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]

<...>

> +	/* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> +	cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;

Same as above [1].

<...>

> +			if (err != (int)len) {
> +				printf("%s: error when sending: %d of %lu\n",
> +					__func__, err, count);

Same build error with above [3].

<...>

> +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
> +{
> +	int cmd, err;
> +	uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
> +
> +	/* Reading now the IOCTL command */
> +	err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
> +	if (err != 4) {
> +		printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
> +		return -EIO;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
> +	if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {

Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].

[2]
error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
[-Werror=type-limits]
  
Alejandro Lucero Jan. 9, 2019, 2:20 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:

> On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> > The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly programmable
> > with the goal of processing packets at high speed. Processing units
> > and other chip components are available from the host through the
> > PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD configures
> > a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform actions
> > like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the MAC component.
> >
> > There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components for
> > programming and debugging but they require the CPP interface. When the
> > PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface, so these
> > host tools can not access the NFP through other means like NFP kernel
> > drivers.
> >
> > This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which can be
> > enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS will not
> > enable specific service cores, but this can be performed with a
> > secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge service and
> > therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.
>
> Hi Alejandro,
>
>
Hi Ferruh,


> Getting a few build errors, more details below.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
> <...>
>
> > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
>
> With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on 32bit build.
>
> [1]
> error #63: shift count is too large
>
>
We do not support 32 bits. I thought our PMD was not built in that case.


> <...>
>
> > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
> > +                             printf("%s: error when receiving, %d of
> %lu\n",
> > +                                     __func__, err, count);
>
> Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use logging macros
> instead
> of printf?
>
>
Sure.


> [3]
> error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but
> argument 4
> has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]
>
<...>
>
> > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
>
> Same as above [1].
>
> <...>
>
> > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
> > +                             printf("%s: error when sending: %d of
> %lu\n",
> > +                                     __func__, err, count);
>
> Same build error with above [3].
>
> <...>
>
> > +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
> > +{
> > +     int cmd, err;
> > +     uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
> > +
> > +     /* Reading now the IOCTL command */
> > +     err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
> > +     if (err != 4) {
> > +             printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
> > +             return -EIO;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     /* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
> > +     if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
>
> Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].
>
>
We do not support power architecture.


> [2]
> error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
> [-Werror=type-limits]
>
  
Ferruh Yigit Jan. 9, 2019, 4:15 p.m. UTC | #3
On 1/9/2019 2:20 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com
> <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>     > The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly programmable
>     > with the goal of processing packets at high speed. Processing units
>     > and other chip components are available from the host through the
>     > PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD configures
>     > a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform actions
>     > like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the MAC component.
>     >
>     > There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components for
>     > programming and debugging but they require the CPP interface. When the
>     > PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface, so these
>     > host tools can not access the NFP through other means like NFP kernel
>     > drivers.
>     >
>     > This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which can be
>     > enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS will not
>     > enable specific service cores, but this can be performed with a
>     > secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge service and
>     > therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.
> 
>     Hi Alejandro,
> 
> 
> Hi Ferruh,
>  
> 
>     Getting a few build errors, more details below.
> 
>     >
>     > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
>     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>>
>     <...>
> 
>     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
>     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
> 
>     With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on 32bit build.
> 
>     [1]
>     error #63: shift count is too large
> 
> 
> We do not support 32 bits. I thought our PMD was not built in that case.

If PMD doesn't support 32 bits, above is OK, I will update my script accordingly.

>  
> 
>     <...>
> 
>     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
>     > +                             printf("%s: error when receiving, %d of %lu\n",
>     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
> 
>     Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use logging macros instead
>     of printf?
> 
> 
> Sure.
>  
> 
>     [3]
>     error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 4
>     has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=] 
> 
>     <...>
> 
>     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
>     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
> 
>     Same as above [1].
> 
>     <...>
> 
>     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
>     > +                             printf("%s: error when sending: %d of %lu\n",
>     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
> 
>     Same build error with above [3].
> 
>     <...>
> 
>     > +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
>     > +{
>     > +     int cmd, err;
>     > +     uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
>     > +
>     > +     /* Reading now the IOCTL command */
>     > +     err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
>     > +     if (err != 4) {
>     > +             printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
>     > +             return -EIO;
>     > +     }
>     > +
>     > +     /* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
>     > +     if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
> 
>     Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].
> 
> 
> We do not support power architecture. 

Yes but issue seems not exactly ppc issue, more like signed - unsigned
comparison. Can you please check if is there any valid issue here?

>  
> 
>     [2]
>     error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
>     [-Werror=type-limits]
>
  
Alejandro Lucero Jan. 10, 2019, 11:55 a.m. UTC | #4
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:15 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:

> On 1/9/2019 2:20 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com
> > <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> >     > The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly programmable
> >     > with the goal of processing packets at high speed. Processing units
> >     > and other chip components are available from the host through the
> >     > PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD
> configures
> >     > a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform
> actions
> >     > like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the MAC
> component.
> >     >
> >     > There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components for
> >     > programming and debugging but they require the CPP interface. When
> the
> >     > PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface, so
> these
> >     > host tools can not access the NFP through other means like NFP
> kernel
> >     > drivers.
> >     >
> >     > This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which can be
> >     > enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS will
> not
> >     > enable specific service cores, but this can be performed with a
> >     > secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge service and
> >     > therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.
> >
> >     Hi Alejandro,
> >
> >
> > Hi Ferruh,
> >
> >
> >     Getting a few build errors, more details below.
> >
> >     >
> >     > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
> >     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>>
> >     <...>
> >
> >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
> >
> >     With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on 32bit
> build.
> >
> >     [1]
> >     error #63: shift count is too large
> >
> >
> > We do not support 32 bits. I thought our PMD was not built in that case.
>
> If PMD doesn't support 32 bits, above is OK, I will update my script
> accordingly.
>
> >
> >
> >     <...>
> >
> >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
> >     > +                             printf("%s: error when receiving, %d
> of %lu\n",
> >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
> >
> >     Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use logging
> macros instead
> >     of printf?
> >
> >
> > Sure.
> >
> >
> >     [3]
> >     error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’,
> but argument 4
> >     has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]
> >
> >     <...>
> >
> >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
> >
> >     Same as above [1].
> >
> >     <...>
> >
> >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
> >     > +                             printf("%s: error when sending: %d
> of %lu\n",
> >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
> >
> >     Same build error with above [3].
> >
> >     <...>
> >
> >     > +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
> >     > +{
> >     > +     int cmd, err;
> >     > +     uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
> >     > +
> >     > +     /* Reading now the IOCTL command */
> >     > +     err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
> >     > +     if (err != 4) {
> >     > +             printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
> >     > +             return -EIO;
> >     > +     }
> >     > +
> >     > +     /* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
> >     > +     if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
> >
> >     Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].
> >
> >
> > We do not support power architecture.
>
> Yes but issue seems not exactly ppc issue, more like signed - unsigned
> comparison. Can you please check if is there any valid issue here?
>
>
This is a funny one. NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION is not zero, and cmd
could be anything.
And it does work with other compilers!

Talking with a compiler guy in the office, and it is hard to know why the
compiler is triggering an error here. I suspect this is some sort of
endianness mess, and he thinks the compiler could be assuming the cmd
variable after recv call is always negative or positive, and the macro
always being the opposite in powerpc, so the comparison is always true,
what is what the error message says.

Anyway, it is not clear how to fix this. Maybe defining cmd as uint32_t
could help. Any change we can test this before sending another patch
version?



> >
> >
> >     [2]
> >     error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
> >     [-Werror=type-limits]
> >
>
>
  
Ferruh Yigit Jan. 11, 2019, 11:48 a.m. UTC | #5
On 1/10/2019 11:55 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:15 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com
> <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 1/9/2019 2:20 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com
>     <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
>     > <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>     >     > The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly programmable
>     >     > with the goal of processing packets at high speed. Processing units
>     >     > and other chip components are available from the host through the
>     >     > PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD configures
>     >     > a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform actions
>     >     > like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the MAC
>     component.
>     >     >
>     >     > There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components for
>     >     > programming and debugging but they require the CPP interface. When the
>     >     > PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface, so these
>     >     > host tools can not access the NFP through other means like NFP kernel
>     >     > drivers.
>     >     >
>     >     > This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which can be
>     >     > enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS will not
>     >     > enable specific service cores, but this can be performed with a
>     >     > secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge service and
>     >     > therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.
>     >
>     >     Hi Alejandro,
>     >
>     >
>     > Hi Ferruh,
>     >  
>     >
>     >     Getting a few build errors, more details below.
>     >
>     >     >
>     >     > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
>     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
>     >     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
>     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>>>
>     >     <...>
>     >
>     >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
>     >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
>     >
>     >     With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on 32bit
>     build.
>     >
>     >     [1]
>     >     error #63: shift count is too large
>     >
>     >
>     > We do not support 32 bits. I thought our PMD was not built in that case.
> 
>     If PMD doesn't support 32 bits, above is OK, I will update my script
>     accordingly.
> 
>     >  
>     >
>     >     <...>
>     >
>     >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
>     >     > +                             printf("%s: error when receiving, %d
>     of %lu\n",
>     >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
>     >
>     >     Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use logging
>     macros instead
>     >     of printf?
>     >
>     >
>     > Sure.
>     >  
>     >
>     >     [3]
>     >     error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but
>     argument 4
>     >     has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=] 
>     >
>     >     <...>
>     >
>     >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
>     >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
>     >
>     >     Same as above [1].
>     >
>     >     <...>
>     >
>     >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
>     >     > +                             printf("%s: error when sending: %d of
>     %lu\n",
>     >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
>     >
>     >     Same build error with above [3].
>     >
>     >     <...>
>     >
>     >     > +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
>     >     > +{
>     >     > +     int cmd, err;
>     >     > +     uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
>     >     > +
>     >     > +     /* Reading now the IOCTL command */
>     >     > +     err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
>     >     > +     if (err != 4) {
>     >     > +             printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
>     >     > +             return -EIO;
>     >     > +     }
>     >     > +
>     >     > +     /* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
>     >     > +     if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
>     >
>     >     Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].
>     >
>     >
>     > We do not support power architecture.
> 
>     Yes but issue seems not exactly ppc issue, more like signed - unsigned
>     comparison. Can you please check if is there any valid issue here?
> 
> 
> This is a funny one. NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION is not zero, and cmd could be
> anything. 
> And it does work with other compilers!
> 
> Talking with a compiler guy in the office, and it is hard to know why the
> compiler is triggering an error here. I suspect this is some sort of endianness
> mess, and he thinks the compiler could be assuming the cmd variable after recv
> call is always negative or positive, and the macro always being the opposite in
> powerpc, so the comparison is always true, what is what the error message says.
> 
> Anyway, it is not clear how to fix this. Maybe defining cmd as uint32_t could
> help. Any change we can test this before sending another patch version?

I am using a cross compiler for ppc, it is freely available, you should be able
to get and test with it, or I can test for you if you prefer.

> 
>  
> 
>     >  
>     >
>     >     [2]
>     >     error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type
>     >     [-Werror=type-limits]
>     >
>
  
Alejandro Lucero Jan. 11, 2019, 12:15 p.m. UTC | #6
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:48 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
wrote:

> On 1/10/2019 11:55 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:15 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com
> > <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 1/9/2019 2:20 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ferruh Yigit <
> ferruh.yigit@intel.com
> >     <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> >     > <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>>>
> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> >     >     > The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly
> programmable
> >     >     > with the goal of processing packets at high speed.
> Processing units
> >     >     > and other chip components are available from the host
> through the
> >     >     > PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD
> configures
> >     >     > a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform
> actions
> >     >     > like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the
> MAC
> >     component.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components
> for
> >     >     > programming and debugging but they require the CPP
> interface. When the
> >     >     > PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface,
> so these
> >     >     > host tools can not access the NFP through other means like
> NFP kernel
> >     >     > drivers.
> >     >     >
> >     >     > This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which
> can be
> >     >     > enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS
> will not
> >     >     > enable specific service cores, but this can be performed
> with a
> >     >     > secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge
> service and
> >     >     > therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.
> >     >
> >     >     Hi Alejandro,
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Hi Ferruh,
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     Getting a few build errors, more details below.
> >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <
> alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
> >     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
> >     >     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
> >     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>>>
> >     >     <...>
> >     >
> >     >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> >     >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
> >     >
> >     >     With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on
> 32bit
> >     build.
> >     >
> >     >     [1]
> >     >     error #63: shift count is too large
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > We do not support 32 bits. I thought our PMD was not built in that
> case.
> >
> >     If PMD doesn't support 32 bits, above is OK, I will update my script
> >     accordingly.
> >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     <...>
> >     >
> >     >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
> >     >     > +                             printf("%s: error when
> receiving, %d
> >     of %lu\n",
> >     >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
> >     >
> >     >     Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use
> logging
> >     macros instead
> >     >     of printf?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Sure.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     [3]
> >     >     error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned
> int’, but
> >     argument 4
> >     >     has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]
> >     >
> >     >     <...>
> >     >
> >     >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
> >     >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
> >     >
> >     >     Same as above [1].
> >     >
> >     >     <...>
> >     >
> >     >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
> >     >     > +                             printf("%s: error when
> sending: %d of
> >     %lu\n",
> >     >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
> >     >
> >     >     Same build error with above [3].
> >     >
> >     >     <...>
> >     >
> >     >     > +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
> >     >     > +{
> >     >     > +     int cmd, err;
> >     >     > +     uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
> >     >     > +
> >     >     > +     /* Reading now the IOCTL command */
> >     >     > +     err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
> >     >     > +     if (err != 4) {
> >     >     > +             printf("%s: read error from socket\n",
> __func__);
> >     >     > +             return -EIO;
> >     >     > +     }
> >     >     > +
> >     >     > +     /* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
> >     >     > +     if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
> >     >
> >     >     Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > We do not support power architecture.
> >
> >     Yes but issue seems not exactly ppc issue, more like signed -
> unsigned
> >     comparison. Can you please check if is there any valid issue here?
> >
> >
> > This is a funny one. NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION is not zero, and cmd
> could be
> > anything.
> > And it does work with other compilers!
> >
> > Talking with a compiler guy in the office, and it is hard to know why the
> > compiler is triggering an error here. I suspect this is some sort of
> endianness
> > mess, and he thinks the compiler could be assuming the cmd variable
> after recv
> > call is always negative or positive, and the macro always being the
> opposite in
> > powerpc, so the comparison is always true, what is what the error
> message says.
> >
> > Anyway, it is not clear how to fix this. Maybe defining cmd as uint32_t
> could
> > help. Any change we can test this before sending another patch version?
>
> I am using a cross compiler for ppc, it is freely available, you should be
> able
> to get and test with it, or I can test for you if you prefer.
>
>
Ok. I got a cross compiler now. Any reference about how to use it with DPDK?


> >
> >
> >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >     [2]
> >     >     error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data
> type
> >     >     [-Werror=type-limits]
> >     >
> >
>
>
  
Ferruh Yigit Jan. 11, 2019, 12:35 p.m. UTC | #7
On 1/11/2019 12:15 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:48 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/10/2019 11:55 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:15 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com
>>> <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     On 1/9/2019 2:20 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ferruh Yigit <
>> ferruh.yigit@intel.com
>>>     <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
>>>     > <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com <mailto:ferruh.yigit@intel.com>>>
>> wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >     On 1/3/2019 8:56 AM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>>>     >     > The Netronome's Network Flow Processor chip is highly
>> programmable
>>>     >     > with the goal of processing packets at high speed.
>> Processing units
>>>     >     > and other chip components are available from the host
>> through the
>>>     >     > PCIe CPP(Command Push Pull bus) interface. The NFP PF PMD
>> configures
>>>     >     > a CPP handler for setting up and working with vNICs, perform
>> actions
>>>     >     > like link up or down, or accessing extended stats from the
>> MAC
>>>     component.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > There exist NFP host tools which access the NFP components
>> for
>>>     >     > programming and debugging but they require the CPP
>> interface. When the
>>>     >     > PMD is bound to the PF, the DPDK app owns the CPP interface,
>> so these
>>>     >     > host tools can not access the NFP through other means like
>> NFP kernel
>>>     >     > drivers.
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > This patch adds a CPP bridge using the rte_service API which
>> can be
>>>     >     > enabled by a DPDK app. Interestingly, DPDK clients like OVS
>> will not
>>>     >     > enable specific service cores, but this can be performed
>> with a
>>>     >     > secondary process specifically enabling this CPP bridge
>> service and
>>>     >     > therefore giving access to the NFP to those host tools.
>>>     >
>>>     >     Hi Alejandro,
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > Hi Ferruh,
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >     Getting a few build errors, more details below.
>>>     >
>>>     >     >
>>>     >     > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <
>> alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
>>>     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
>>>     >     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com
>>>     <mailto:alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>>>
>>>     >     <...>
>>>     >
>>>     >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
>>>     >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
>>>     >
>>>     >     With icc, i686 getting [1], it seems 'off_t' is 32bits long on
>> 32bit
>>>     build.
>>>     >
>>>     >     [1]
>>>     >     error #63: shift count is too large
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > We do not support 32 bits. I thought our PMD was not built in that
>> case.
>>>
>>>     If PMD doesn't support 32 bits, above is OK, I will update my script
>>>     accordingly.
>>>
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >     <...>
>>>     >
>>>     >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
>>>     >     > +                             printf("%s: error when
>> receiving, %d
>>>     of %lu\n",
>>>     >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
>>>     >
>>>     >     Giving build error for 32bits [3], and can you please use
>> logging
>>>     macros instead
>>>     >     of printf?
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > Sure.
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >     [3]
>>>     >     error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned
>> int’, but
>>>     argument 4
>>>     >     has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]
>>>     >
>>>     >     <...>
>>>     >
>>>     >     > +     /* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
>>>     >     > +     cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
>>>     >
>>>     >     Same as above [1].
>>>     >
>>>     >     <...>
>>>     >
>>>     >     > +                     if (err != (int)len) {
>>>     >     > +                             printf("%s: error when
>> sending: %d of
>>>     %lu\n",
>>>     >     > +                                     __func__, err, count);
>>>     >
>>>     >     Same build error with above [3].
>>>     >
>>>     >     <...>
>>>     >
>>>     >     > +nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
>>>     >     > +{
>>>     >     > +     int cmd, err;
>>>     >     > +     uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
>>>     >     > +
>>>     >     > +     /* Reading now the IOCTL command */
>>>     >     > +     err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
>>>     >     > +     if (err != 4) {
>>>     >     > +             printf("%s: read error from socket\n",
>> __func__);
>>>     >     > +             return -EIO;
>>>     >     > +     }
>>>     >     > +
>>>     >     > +     /* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
>>>     >     > +     if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
>>>     >
>>>     >     Giving build error with ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc [2].
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > We do not support power architecture.
>>>
>>>     Yes but issue seems not exactly ppc issue, more like signed -
>> unsigned
>>>     comparison. Can you please check if is there any valid issue here?
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a funny one. NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION is not zero, and cmd
>> could be
>>> anything.
>>> And it does work with other compilers!
>>>
>>> Talking with a compiler guy in the office, and it is hard to know why the
>>> compiler is triggering an error here. I suspect this is some sort of
>> endianness
>>> mess, and he thinks the compiler could be assuming the cmd variable
>> after recv
>>> call is always negative or positive, and the macro always being the
>> opposite in
>>> powerpc, so the comparison is always true, what is what the error
>> message says.
>>>
>>> Anyway, it is not clear how to fix this. Maybe defining cmd as uint32_t
>> could
>>> help. Any change we can test this before sending another patch version?
>>
>> I am using a cross compiler for ppc, it is freely available, you should be
>> able
>> to get and test with it, or I can test for you if you prefer.
>>
>>
> Ok. I got a cross compiler now. Any reference about how to use it with DPDK?

just providing CROSS= to makefile should be enough, rest is same.

I found following for arm, it applies to ppc too:
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.html

> 
> 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >     [2]
>>>     >     error: comparison is always true due to limited range of data
>> type
>>>     >     [-Werror=type-limits]
>>>     >
>>>
>>
>>
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
index 05a44a2a9..881cbd504 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ 
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_alarm.h>
 #include <rte_spinlock.h>
+#include <rte_service_component.h>
 
 #include "nfpcore/nfp_cpp.h"
 #include "nfpcore/nfp_nffw.h"
@@ -66,6 +67,16 @@ 
 #include "nfp_net_logs.h"
 #include "nfp_net_ctrl.h"
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#undef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+
 /* Prototypes */
 static void nfp_net_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 static int nfp_net_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
@@ -2949,14 +2960,371 @@  nfp_net_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#define NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY		(1 << 20)
+
+/*
+ * Serving a write request to NFP from host programs. The request
+ * sends the write size and the CPP target. The bridge makes use
+ * of CPP interface handler configured by the PMD setup.
+ */
+static int
+nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_write(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
+{
+	struct nfp_cpp_area *area;
+	off_t offset, nfp_offset;
+	uint32_t cpp_id, pos, len;
+	uint32_t tmpbuf[16];
+	size_t count, curlen, totlen = 0;
+	int err = 0;
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+	printf("%s: offset size %lu, count_size: %lu\n", __func__,
+		sizeof(off_t), sizeof(size_t));
+#endif
+
+	/* Reading the count param */
+	err = recv(sockfd, &count, sizeof(off_t), 0);
+	if (err != sizeof(off_t))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	curlen = count;
+
+	/* Reading the offset param */
+	err = recv(sockfd, &offset, sizeof(off_t), 0);
+	if (err != sizeof(off_t))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
+	cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
+	nfp_offset = offset & ((1ull << 40) - 1);
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+	printf("%s: count %lu and offset %ld\n", __func__, count,
+		offset);
+	printf("%s: cpp_id %08x and nfp_offset %ld\n", __func__,
+		cpp_id, nfp_offset);
+#endif
+
+	/* Adjust length if not aligned */
+	if (((nfp_offset + (off_t)count - 1) & ~(NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY - 1)) !=
+	    (nfp_offset & ~(NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY - 1))) {
+		curlen = NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY -
+			(nfp_offset & (NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY - 1));
+	}
+
+	while (count > 0) {
+		/* configure a CPP PCIe2CPP BAR for mapping the CPP target */
+		area = nfp_cpp_area_alloc_with_name(cpp, cpp_id, "nfp.cdev",
+						    nfp_offset, curlen);
+		if (!area) {
+			printf("%s: area alloc fail\n", __func__);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		/* mapping the target */
+		err = nfp_cpp_area_acquire(area);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			printf("%s: area acquire failed\n", __func__);
+			nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		for (pos = 0; pos < curlen; pos += len) {
+			len = curlen - pos;
+			if (len > sizeof(tmpbuf))
+				len = sizeof(tmpbuf);
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+			printf("%s: Receiving %u of %lu\n", __func__, len,
+			       count);
+#endif
+			err = recv(sockfd, tmpbuf, len, MSG_WAITALL);
+			if (err != (int)len) {
+				printf("%s: error when receiving, %d of %lu\n",
+					__func__, err, count);
+				nfp_cpp_area_release(area);
+				nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+				return -EIO;
+			}
+			err = nfp_cpp_area_write(area, pos, tmpbuf, len);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				printf("%s: nfp_cpp_area_write error\n",
+				       __func__);
+				nfp_cpp_area_release(area);
+				nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+				return -EIO;
+			}
+		}
+
+		nfp_offset += pos;
+		totlen += pos;
+		nfp_cpp_area_release(area);
+		nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+
+		count -= pos;
+		curlen = (count > NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY) ?
+			 NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY : count;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Serving a read request to NFP from host programs. The request
+ * sends the read size and the CPP target. The bridge makes use
+ * of CPP interface handler configured by the PMD setup. The read
+ * data is sent to the requester using the same socket.
+ */
+static int
+nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_read(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
+{
+	struct nfp_cpp_area *area;
+	off_t offset, nfp_offset;
+	uint32_t cpp_id, pos, len;
+	uint32_t tmpbuf[16];
+	size_t count, curlen, totlen = 0;
+	int err = 0;
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+	printf("%s: offset size %lu, count_size: %lu\n", __func__,
+		sizeof(off_t), sizeof(size_t));
+#endif
+
+	/* Reading the count param */
+	err = recv(sockfd, &count, sizeof(off_t), 0);
+	if (err != sizeof(off_t))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	curlen = count;
+
+	/* Reading the offset param */
+	err = recv(sockfd, &offset, sizeof(off_t), 0);
+	if (err != sizeof(off_t))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Obtain target's CPP ID and offset in target */
+	cpp_id = (offset >> 40) << 8;
+	nfp_offset = offset & ((1ull << 40) - 1);
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+	printf("%s: count %lu and offset %ld\n", __func__, count, offset);
+	printf("%s: cpp_id %08x and nfp_offset %ld\n", __func__, cpp_id,
+		nfp_offset);
+#endif
+
+	/* Adjust length if not aligned */
+	if (((nfp_offset + (off_t)count - 1) & ~(NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY - 1)) !=
+	    (nfp_offset & ~(NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY - 1))) {
+		curlen = NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY -
+			(nfp_offset & (NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY - 1));
+	}
+
+	while (count > 0) {
+		area = nfp_cpp_area_alloc_with_name(cpp, cpp_id, "nfp.cdev",
+						    nfp_offset, curlen);
+		if (!area) {
+			printf("%s: area alloc failed\n", __func__);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		err = nfp_cpp_area_acquire(area);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			printf("%s: area acquire failed\n", __func__);
+			nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		for (pos = 0; pos < curlen; pos += len) {
+			len = curlen - pos;
+			if (len > sizeof(tmpbuf))
+				len = sizeof(tmpbuf);
+
+			err = nfp_cpp_area_read(area, pos, tmpbuf, len);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				printf("%s: nfp_cpp_area_read error\n",
+					__func__);
+				nfp_cpp_area_release(area);
+				nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+				return -EIO;
+			}
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+			printf("%s: sending %u of %lu\n", __func__, len, count);
+#endif
+			err = send(sockfd, tmpbuf, len, 0);
+			if (err != (int)len) {
+				printf("%s: error when sending: %d of %lu\n",
+					__func__, err, count);
+				nfp_cpp_area_release(area);
+				nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+				return -EIO;
+			}
+		}
+
+		nfp_offset += pos;
+		totlen += pos;
+		nfp_cpp_area_release(area);
+		nfp_cpp_area_free(area);
+
+		count -= pos;
+		curlen = (count > NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY) ?
+			NFP_CPP_MEMIO_BOUNDARY : count;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define NFP_IOCTL 'n'
+#define NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION _IOW(NFP_IOCTL, 0x8f, uint32_t)
+/*
+ * Serving a ioctl command from host NFP tools. This usually goes to
+ * a kernel driver char driver but it is not available when the PF is
+ * bound to the PMD. Currently just one ioctl command is served and it
+ * does not require any CPP access at all.
+ */
+static int
+nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(int sockfd, struct nfp_cpp *cpp)
+{
+	int cmd, err;
+	uint32_t ident_size, tmp;
+
+	/* Reading now the IOCTL command */
+	err = recv(sockfd, &cmd, 4, 0);
+	if (err != 4) {
+		printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	/* Only supporting NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION */
+	if (cmd != NFP_IOCTL_CPP_IDENTIFICATION) {
+		printf("%s: unknown cmd %d\n", __func__, cmd);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	err = recv(sockfd, &ident_size, 4, 0);
+	if (err != 4) {
+		printf("%s: read error from socket\n", __func__);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	tmp = nfp_cpp_model(cpp);
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+	printf("%s: sending NFP model %08x\n", __func__, tmp);
+#endif
+	err = send(sockfd, &tmp, 4, 0);
+	if (err != 4) {
+		printf("%s: error writing to socket\n", __func__);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	tmp = cpp->interface;
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+	printf("%s: sending NFP interface %08x\n", __func__, tmp);
+#endif
+	err = send(sockfd, &tmp, 4, 0);
+	if (err != 4) {
+		printf("%s: error writing to socket\n", __func__);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define NFP_BRIDGE_OP_READ	20
+#define NFP_BRIDGE_OP_WRITE	30
+#define NFP_BRIDGE_OP_IOCTL	40
+
+/*
+ * This is the code to be executed by a service core. The CPP bridge interface
+ * is based on a unix socket and requests usually received by a kernel char
+ * driver, read, write and ioctl, are handled by the CPP bridge. NFP host tools
+ * can be executed with a wrapper library and LD_LIBRARY being completely
+ * unaware of the CPP bridge performing the NFP kernel char driver for CPP
+ * accesses.
+ */
+static int32_t
+nfp_cpp_bridge_service_func(void *args)
+{
+	struct sockaddr address;
+	struct nfp_cpp *cpp = args;
+	int sockfd, datafd, op, ret;
+
+	unlink("/tmp/nfp_cpp");
+	sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (sockfd < 0) {
+		printf("%s: socket creation error. Service failed\n",
+			__func__);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	memset(&address, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
+
+	address.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strcpy(address.sa_data, "/tmp/nfp_cpp");
+
+	ret = bind(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr *)&address,
+		   sizeof(struct sockaddr));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printf("%s: bind error (%d). Service failed\n", __func__,
+		       errno);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = listen(sockfd, 20);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printf("%s: listen error(%d). Service failed\n", __func__,
+			errno);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		datafd = accept(sockfd, NULL, NULL);
+		if (datafd < 0) {
+			printf("%s: accept call error (%d)\n", __func__, errno);
+			printf("%s: service failed\n", __func__);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		while (1) {
+			ret = recv(datafd, &op, 4, 0);
+			if (ret <= 0) {
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+				printf("%s: socket close\n", __func__);
+#endif
+				break;
+			}
+
+#ifdef CPP_BRIDGE_DEBUG
+			printf("%s: getting op %u\n", __func__, op);
+#endif
+			if (op == NFP_BRIDGE_OP_READ)
+				nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_read(datafd, cpp);
+
+			if (op == NFP_BRIDGE_OP_WRITE)
+				nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_write(datafd, cpp);
+
+			if (op == NFP_BRIDGE_OP_IOCTL)
+				nfp_cpp_bridge_serve_ioctl(datafd, cpp);
+
+			if (op == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+		close(datafd);
+	}
+	close(sockfd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 nfp_pf_create_dev(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int port, int ports,
 		  struct nfp_cpp *cpp, struct nfp_hwinfo *hwinfo,
 		  int phys_port, struct nfp_rtsym_table *sym_tbl, void **priv)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
-	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw = NULL;
 	char *port_name;
+	struct rte_service_spec service;
 	int retval;
 
 	port_name = rte_zmalloc("nfp_pf_port_name", 100, 0);
@@ -3027,6 +3395,29 @@  nfp_pf_create_dev(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int port, int ports,
 
 	rte_free(port_name);
 
+	if (port == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * The rte_service needs to be created just once per PMD.
+		 * And the cpp handler needs to be linked to the service.
+		 * Secondary processes will be used for debugging DPDK apps
+		 * when requiring to use the CPP interface for accessing NFP
+		 * components. And the cpp handler for secondary processes is
+		 * available at this point.
+		 */
+		memset(&service, 0, sizeof(struct rte_service_spec));
+		snprintf(service.name, sizeof(service.name), "nfp_cpp_service");
+		service.callback = nfp_cpp_bridge_service_func;
+		service.callback_userdata = (void *)cpp;
+
+		hw = (struct nfp_net_hw *)(eth_dev->data->dev_private);
+
+		if (rte_service_component_register(&service,
+						   &hw->nfp_cpp_service_id))
+			printf("NFP CPP bridge service register() failed");
+		else
+			printf("NFP CPP bridge service registered");
+	}
+
 	return retval;
 
 probe_failed:
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_pmd.h b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_pmd.h
index b01036df2..7913a29c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_pmd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_pmd.h
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@  struct nfp_net_hw {
 
 	struct nfp_hwinfo *hwinfo;
 	struct nfp_rtsym_table *sym_tbl;
+	uint32_t nfp_cpp_service_id;
 };
 
 struct nfp_net_adapter {