[v2] net/mlx5: introduce mlx5 hash list

Introduce simple hash list to the mlx5 utilities. User can define
its own data structure containing the mlx5_hlist_entry and create
the hash list table via the creation interface. Then the entry will
be inserted into the table and linked to the corresponding list
head. User should guarantee there is no collision of the key and
provide a callback function to handle all the remaining entries in
the table when destroying the hash list. User should define a proper
number of the list heads in the table in order to get a better
performance. The LSB of the 'key' is used to calculate the index of
the head in the list heads array.
This implementation is not multi-threads safe right now.

Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bingz@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile     |   1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build  |   2 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c

Adding Stephen

Hi Stephen, would you please help to review the V2?
Many thanks in advance. :-)

BR. Bing

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Bing Zhao
> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:08 PM
> To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasland@mellanox.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: introduce mlx5 hash list
> 
> Introduce simple hash list to the mlx5 utilities. User can define its own
> data structure containing the mlx5_hlist_entry and create the hash list
> table via the creation interface. Then the entry will be inserted into the
> table and linked to the corresponding list head. User should guarantee
> there is no collision of the key and provide a callback function to handle
> all the remaining entries in the table when destroying the hash list.
> User should define a proper number of the list heads in the table in
> order to get a better performance. The LSB of the 'key' is used to
> calculate the index of the head in the list heads array.
> This implementation is not multi-threads safe right now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bingz@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile     |   1 +
>  drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build  |   2 +
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c | 119
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h | 107
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  4 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)  create mode 100644
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile b/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile
> index dae5b9f..44cc26a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) +=
> mlx5_flow_verbs.c
>  SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_mp.c
>  SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_nl.c
>  SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_devx_cmds.c
> +SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_utils.c
> 
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN),y)
>  INSTALL-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)-lib += $(LIB_GLUE) diff -
> -git a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
> index 02494cf..b72ddb4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ endforeach
> 
>  if build
>  	allow_experimental_apis = true
> +	deps += ['hash']
>  	ext_deps += libs
>  	sources = files(
>  		'mlx5.c',
> @@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ if build
>  		'mlx5_txq.c',
>  		'mlx5_vlan.c',
>  		'mlx5_devx_cmds.c',
> +		'mlx5_utils.c',
>  	)
>  	if (dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86_64')
>  		or dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM64')
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c
> b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c new file mode 100644 index
> 0000000..5d86615
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> + * Copyright 2019 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd  */
> +
> +#include <rte_malloc.h>
> +#include <rte_hash_crc.h>
> +
> +#include "mlx5_utils.h"
> +
> +struct mlx5_hlist *
> +mlx5_hlist_create(const char *name, uint32_t size) {
> +	struct mlx5_hlist *h;
> +	uint32_t act_size;
> +	uint32_t alloc_size;
> +
> +	if (!size)
> +		return NULL;
> +	/* Align to the next power of 2, 32bits integer is enough now.
> */
> +	if (!rte_is_power_of_2(size)) {
> +		act_size = rte_align32pow2(size);
> +		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Size 0x%" PRIX32 " is not power
> of 2, will "
> +			"be aligned to 0x%" PRIX32 ".\n", size, act_size);
> +	} else {
> +		act_size = size;
> +	}
> +	alloc_size = sizeof(struct mlx5_hlist) +
> +		     sizeof(struct mlx5_hlist_head) * act_size;
> +	/* Using zmalloc, then no need to initialize the heads. */
> +	h = rte_zmalloc(name, alloc_size, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> +	if (!h) {
> +		DRV_LOG(ERR, "No memory for hash list %s
> creation\n",
> +			name ? name : "None");
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +	if (name)
> +		snprintf(h->name, MLX5_HLIST_NAMESIZE, "%s",
> name);
> +	h->table_sz = act_size;
> +	h->mask = act_size - 1;
> +	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Hash list with %s size 0x%" PRIX32 " is
> created.\n",
> +		h->name, act_size);
> +	return h;
> +}
> +
> +struct mlx5_hlist_entry *
> +mlx5_hlist_lookup(struct mlx5_hlist *h, uint64_t key) {
> +	uint32_t idx;
> +	struct mlx5_hlist_head *first;
> +	struct mlx5_hlist_entry *node;
> +
> +	assert(h);
> +	idx = rte_hash_crc_8byte(key, 0) & h->mask;
> +	first = &h->heads[idx];
> +	LIST_FOREACH(node, first, next) {
> +		if (node->key == key)
> +			return node;
> +	}
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +int
> +mlx5_hlist_insert(struct mlx5_hlist *h, struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry)
> +{
> +	uint32_t idx;
> +	struct mlx5_hlist_head *first;
> +	struct mlx5_hlist_entry *node;
> +
> +	assert(h && entry);
> +	idx = rte_hash_crc_8byte(entry->key, 0) & h->mask;
> +	first = &h->heads[idx];
> +	/* No need to reuse the lookup function. */
> +	LIST_FOREACH(node, first, next) {
> +		if (node->key == entry->key)
> +			return -EEXIST;
> +	}
> +	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(first, entry, next);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +mlx5_hlist_remove(struct mlx5_hlist *h __rte_unused,
> +		  struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry)
> +{
> +	assert(entry && entry->next.le_prev);
> +	LIST_REMOVE(entry, next);
> +	/* Set to NULL to get rid of removing action for more than once.
> */
> +	entry->next.le_prev = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +mlx5_hlist_destroy(struct mlx5_hlist *h,
> +		   mlx5_hlist_destroy_callback_fn cb, void *ctx) {
> +	uint32_t idx;
> +	struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry;
> +
> +	assert(h);
> +	for (idx = 0; idx < h->table_sz; ++idx) {
> +		/* no LIST_FOREACH_SAFE, using while instead */
> +		while (!LIST_EMPTY(&h->heads[idx])) {
> +			entry = LIST_FIRST(&h->heads[idx]);
> +			LIST_REMOVE(entry, next);
> +			/*
> +			 * The owner of whole element which contains
> data entry
> +			 * is the user, so it's the user's duty to do the
> clean
> +			 * up and the free work because someone may
> not put the
> +			 * hlist entry at the beginning(suggested to
> locate at
> +			 * the beginning). Or else the default free
> function
> +			 * will be used.
> +			 */
> +			if (cb)
> +				cb(entry, ctx);
> +			else
> +				rte_free(entry);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	rte_free(h);
> +}
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h
> b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h index 97092c7..b4ed8c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h
> @@ -151,13 +151,13 @@
>  	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), __VA_ARGS__)
> 
>  /**
> - * Return nearest power of two above input value.
> + * Return logarithm of the nearest power of two above input value.
>   *
>   * @param v
>   *   Input value.
>   *
>   * @return
> - *   Nearest power of two above input value.
> + *   Logarithm of the nearest power of two above input value.
>   */
>  static inline unsigned int
>  log2above(unsigned int v)
> @@ -170,4 +170,107 @@
>  	return l + r;
>  }
> 
> +/** Maximum size of string for naming the hlist table. */
> +#define MLX5_HLIST_NAMESIZE			32
> +
> +/**
> + * Structure of the entry in the hash list, user should define its own
> +struct
> + * that contains this in order to store the data. The 'key' is 64-bits
> +right
> + * now and its user's responsibility to guarantee there is no collision.
> + */
> +struct mlx5_hlist_entry {
> +	LIST_ENTRY(mlx5_hlist_entry) next; /* entry pointers in the list.
> */
> +	uint64_t key; /* user defined 'key', could be the hash signature.
> */
> +};
> +
> +/** Structure for hash head. */
> +LIST_HEAD(mlx5_hlist_head, mlx5_hlist_entry);
> +
> +/** Type of function that is used to handle the data before freeing.
> */
> +typedef void (*mlx5_hlist_destroy_callback_fn)(void *p, void *ctx);
> +
> +/** hash list table structure */
> +struct mlx5_hlist {
> +	char name[MLX5_HLIST_NAMESIZE]; /**< Name of the hash
> list. */
> +	/**< number of heads, need to be power of 2. */
> +	uint32_t table_sz;
> +	/**< mask to get the index of the list heads. */
> +	uint32_t mask;
> +	struct mlx5_hlist_head heads[];	/**< list head arrays.
> */
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Create a hash list table, the user can specify the list heads array
> +size
> + * of the table, now the size should be a power of 2 in order to get
> +better
> + * distribution for the entries. Each entry is a part of the whole data
> +element
> + * and the caller should be responsible for the data element's
> +allocation and
> + * cleanup / free. Key of each entry will be calculated with CRC in
> +order to
> + * generate a little fairer distribution.
> + *
> + * @param name
> + *   Name of the hash list(optional).
> + * @param size
> + *   Heads array size of the hash list.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   Pointer of the hash list table created, NULL on failure.
> + */
> +struct mlx5_hlist *mlx5_hlist_create(const char *name, uint32_t size);
> +
> +/**
> + * Search an entry matching the key.
> + *
> + * @param h
> + *   Pointer to the hast list table.
> + * @param key
> + *   Key for the searching entry.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   Pointer of the hlist entry if found, NULL otherwise.
> + */
> +struct mlx5_hlist_entry *mlx5_hlist_lookup(struct mlx5_hlist *h,
> +uint64_t key);
> +
> +/**
> + * Insert an entry to the hash list table, the entry is only part of
> +whole data
> + * element and a 64B key is used for matching. User should construct
> +the key or
> + * give a calculated hash signature and guarantee there is no collision.
> + *
> + * @param h
> + *   Pointer to the hast list table.
> + * @param entry
> + *   Entry to be inserted into the hash list table.
> + *
> + * @return
> + *   - zero for success.
> + *   - -EEXIST if the entry is already inserted.
> + */
> +int mlx5_hlist_insert(struct mlx5_hlist *h, struct mlx5_hlist_entry
> +*entry);
> +
> +/**
> + * Remove an entry from the hash list table. User should guarantee
> the
> +validity
> + * of the entry.
> + *
> + * @param h
> + *   Pointer to the hast list table. (not used)
> + * @param entry
> + *   Entry to be removed from the hash list table.
> + */
> +void mlx5_hlist_remove(struct mlx5_hlist *h __rte_unused,
> +		       struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry);
> +
> +/**
> + * Destroy the hash list table, all the entries already inserted into
> +the lists
> + * will be handled by the callback function provided by the user
> +(including
> + * free if needed) before the table is freed.
> + *
> + * @param h
> + *   Pointer to the hast list table.
> + * @param cb
> + *   Callback function for each inserted entry when destroying the
> hash list.
> + * @param ctx
> + *   Common context parameter used by callback function for each
> entry.
> + */
> +void mlx5_hlist_destroy(struct mlx5_hlist *h,
> +			mlx5_hlist_destroy_callback_fn cb, void *ctx);
> +
>  #endif /* RTE_PMD_MLX5_UTILS_H_ */
> --
> 1.8.3.1

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bing Zhao <bingz@mellanox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 11:21 AM
> To: Bing Zhao <bingz@mellanox.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>; Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Cc: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasland@mellanox.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: introduce mlx5 hash list
> 
> Adding Stephen
> 
> Hi Stephen, would you please help to review the V2?
> Many thanks in advance. :-)
> 
> BR. Bing
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Bing Zhao
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:08 PM
> > To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> > Cc: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> > <rasland@mellanox.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: introduce mlx5 hash list
> >
> > Introduce simple hash list to the mlx5 utilities. User can define its
> > own data structure containing the mlx5_hlist_entry and create the hash
> > list table via the creation interface. Then the entry will be inserted
> > into the table and linked to the corresponding list head. User should
> > guarantee there is no collision of the key and provide a callback
> > function to handle all the remaining entries in the table when destroying
> the hash list.
> > User should define a proper number of the list heads in the table in
> > order to get a better performance. The LSB of the 'key' is used to
> > calculate the index of the head in the list heads array.
> > This implementation is not multi-threads safe right now.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bingz@mellanox.com>
> > Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile     |   1 +
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build  |   2 +
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c | 119
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h | 107
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  4 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)  create mode
> > 100644 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile b/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile
> > index dae5b9f..44cc26a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile
> > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) +=
> > mlx5_flow_verbs.c
> >  SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_mp.c
> >  SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_nl.c
> >  SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_devx_cmds.c
> > +SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD) += mlx5_utils.c
> >
> >  ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN),y)
> >  INSTALL-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD)-lib += $(LIB_GLUE) diff - -git
> > a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build index
> > 02494cf..b72ddb4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
> > @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ endforeach
> >
> >  if build
> >  	allow_experimental_apis = true
> > +	deps += ['hash']
> >  	ext_deps += libs
> >  	sources = files(
> >  		'mlx5.c',
> > @@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ if build
> >  		'mlx5_txq.c',
> >  		'mlx5_vlan.c',
> >  		'mlx5_devx_cmds.c',
> > +		'mlx5_utils.c',
> >  	)
> >  	if (dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86_64')
> >  		or dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_ARM64')
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c
> > b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c new file mode 100644 index
> > 0000000..5d86615
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > + * Copyright 2019 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd  */
> > +
> > +#include <rte_malloc.h>
> > +#include <rte_hash_crc.h>
> > +
> > +#include "mlx5_utils.h"
> > +
> > +struct mlx5_hlist *
> > +mlx5_hlist_create(const char *name, uint32_t size) {
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist *h;
> > +	uint32_t act_size;
> > +	uint32_t alloc_size;
> > +
> > +	if (!size)
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	/* Align to the next power of 2, 32bits integer is enough now.
> > */
> > +	if (!rte_is_power_of_2(size)) {
> > +		act_size = rte_align32pow2(size);
> > +		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Size 0x%" PRIX32 " is not power
> > of 2, will "
> > +			"be aligned to 0x%" PRIX32 ".\n", size, act_size);
> > +	} else {
> > +		act_size = size;
> > +	}
> > +	alloc_size = sizeof(struct mlx5_hlist) +
> > +		     sizeof(struct mlx5_hlist_head) * act_size;
> > +	/* Using zmalloc, then no need to initialize the heads. */
> > +	h = rte_zmalloc(name, alloc_size, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
> > +	if (!h) {
> > +		DRV_LOG(ERR, "No memory for hash list %s
> > creation\n",
> > +			name ? name : "None");
> > +		return NULL;
> > +	}
> > +	if (name)
> > +		snprintf(h->name, MLX5_HLIST_NAMESIZE, "%s",
> > name);
> > +	h->table_sz = act_size;
> > +	h->mask = act_size - 1;
> > +	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Hash list with %s size 0x%" PRIX32 " is
> > created.\n",
> > +		h->name, act_size);
> > +	return h;
> > +}
> > +
> > +struct mlx5_hlist_entry *
> > +mlx5_hlist_lookup(struct mlx5_hlist *h, uint64_t key) {
> > +	uint32_t idx;
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist_head *first;
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist_entry *node;
> > +
> > +	assert(h);
> > +	idx = rte_hash_crc_8byte(key, 0) & h->mask;
> > +	first = &h->heads[idx];
> > +	LIST_FOREACH(node, first, next) {
> > +		if (node->key == key)
> > +			return node;
> > +	}
> > +	return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +int
> > +mlx5_hlist_insert(struct mlx5_hlist *h, struct mlx5_hlist_entry
> > +*entry) {
> > +	uint32_t idx;
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist_head *first;
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist_entry *node;
> > +
> > +	assert(h && entry);
> > +	idx = rte_hash_crc_8byte(entry->key, 0) & h->mask;
> > +	first = &h->heads[idx];
> > +	/* No need to reuse the lookup function. */
> > +	LIST_FOREACH(node, first, next) {
> > +		if (node->key == entry->key)
> > +			return -EEXIST;
> > +	}
> > +	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(first, entry, next);
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void
> > +mlx5_hlist_remove(struct mlx5_hlist *h __rte_unused,
> > +		  struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry)
> > +{
> > +	assert(entry && entry->next.le_prev);
> > +	LIST_REMOVE(entry, next);
> > +	/* Set to NULL to get rid of removing action for more than once.
> > */
> > +	entry->next.le_prev = NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +void
> > +mlx5_hlist_destroy(struct mlx5_hlist *h,
> > +		   mlx5_hlist_destroy_callback_fn cb, void *ctx) {
> > +	uint32_t idx;
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry;
> > +
> > +	assert(h);
> > +	for (idx = 0; idx < h->table_sz; ++idx) {
> > +		/* no LIST_FOREACH_SAFE, using while instead */
> > +		while (!LIST_EMPTY(&h->heads[idx])) {
> > +			entry = LIST_FIRST(&h->heads[idx]);
> > +			LIST_REMOVE(entry, next);
> > +			/*
> > +			 * The owner of whole element which contains
> > data entry
> > +			 * is the user, so it's the user's duty to do the
> > clean
> > +			 * up and the free work because someone may
> > not put the
> > +			 * hlist entry at the beginning(suggested to
> > locate at
> > +			 * the beginning). Or else the default free
> > function
> > +			 * will be used.
> > +			 */
> > +			if (cb)
> > +				cb(entry, ctx);
> > +			else
> > +				rte_free(entry);
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +	rte_free(h);
> > +}
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h
> > b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h index 97092c7..b4ed8c6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_utils.h
> > @@ -151,13 +151,13 @@
> >  	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), __VA_ARGS__)
> >
> >  /**
> > - * Return nearest power of two above input value.
> > + * Return logarithm of the nearest power of two above input value.
> >   *
> >   * @param v
> >   *   Input value.
> >   *
> >   * @return
> > - *   Nearest power of two above input value.
> > + *   Logarithm of the nearest power of two above input value.
> >   */
> >  static inline unsigned int
> >  log2above(unsigned int v)
> > @@ -170,4 +170,107 @@
> >  	return l + r;
> >  }
> >
> > +/** Maximum size of string for naming the hlist table. */
> > +#define MLX5_HLIST_NAMESIZE			32
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Structure of the entry in the hash list, user should define its
> > +own struct
> > + * that contains this in order to store the data. The 'key' is
> > +64-bits right
> > + * now and its user's responsibility to guarantee there is no collision.
> > + */
> > +struct mlx5_hlist_entry {
> > +	LIST_ENTRY(mlx5_hlist_entry) next; /* entry pointers in the list.
> > */
> > +	uint64_t key; /* user defined 'key', could be the hash signature.
> > */
> > +};
> > +
> > +/** Structure for hash head. */
> > +LIST_HEAD(mlx5_hlist_head, mlx5_hlist_entry);
> > +
> > +/** Type of function that is used to handle the data before freeing.
> > */
> > +typedef void (*mlx5_hlist_destroy_callback_fn)(void *p, void *ctx);
> > +
> > +/** hash list table structure */
> > +struct mlx5_hlist {
> > +	char name[MLX5_HLIST_NAMESIZE]; /**< Name of the hash
> > list. */
> > +	/**< number of heads, need to be power of 2. */
> > +	uint32_t table_sz;
> > +	/**< mask to get the index of the list heads. */
> > +	uint32_t mask;
> > +	struct mlx5_hlist_head heads[];	/**< list head arrays.
> > */
> > +};
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Create a hash list table, the user can specify the list heads
> > +array size
> > + * of the table, now the size should be a power of 2 in order to get
> > +better
> > + * distribution for the entries. Each entry is a part of the whole
> > +data element
> > + * and the caller should be responsible for the data element's
> > +allocation and
> > + * cleanup / free. Key of each entry will be calculated with CRC in
> > +order to
> > + * generate a little fairer distribution.
> > + *
> > + * @param name
> > + *   Name of the hash list(optional).
> > + * @param size
> > + *   Heads array size of the hash list.
> > + *
> > + * @return
> > + *   Pointer of the hash list table created, NULL on failure.
> > + */
> > +struct mlx5_hlist *mlx5_hlist_create(const char *name, uint32_t
> > +size);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Search an entry matching the key.
> > + *
> > + * @param h
> > + *   Pointer to the hast list table.
> > + * @param key
> > + *   Key for the searching entry.
> > + *
> > + * @return
> > + *   Pointer of the hlist entry if found, NULL otherwise.
> > + */
> > +struct mlx5_hlist_entry *mlx5_hlist_lookup(struct mlx5_hlist *h,
> > +uint64_t key);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Insert an entry to the hash list table, the entry is only part of
> > +whole data
> > + * element and a 64B key is used for matching. User should construct
> > +the key or
> > + * give a calculated hash signature and guarantee there is no collision.
> > + *
> > + * @param h
> > + *   Pointer to the hast list table.
> > + * @param entry
> > + *   Entry to be inserted into the hash list table.
> > + *
> > + * @return
> > + *   - zero for success.
> > + *   - -EEXIST if the entry is already inserted.
> > + */
> > +int mlx5_hlist_insert(struct mlx5_hlist *h, struct mlx5_hlist_entry
> > +*entry);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Remove an entry from the hash list table. User should guarantee
> > the
> > +validity
> > + * of the entry.
> > + *
> > + * @param h
> > + *   Pointer to the hast list table. (not used)
> > + * @param entry
> > + *   Entry to be removed from the hash list table.
> > + */
> > +void mlx5_hlist_remove(struct mlx5_hlist *h __rte_unused,
> > +		       struct mlx5_hlist_entry *entry);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Destroy the hash list table, all the entries already inserted into
> > +the lists
> > + * will be handled by the callback function provided by the user
> > +(including
> > + * free if needed) before the table is freed.
> > + *
> > + * @param h
> > + *   Pointer to the hast list table.
> > + * @param cb
> > + *   Callback function for each inserted entry when destroying the
> > hash list.
> > + * @param ctx
> > + *   Common context parameter used by callback function for each
> > entry.
> > + */
> > +void mlx5_hlist_destroy(struct mlx5_hlist *h,
> > +			mlx5_hlist_destroy_callback_fn cb, void *ctx);
> > +
> >  #endif /* RTE_PMD_MLX5_UTILS_H_ */
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1


Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Stephen,
If you still think there are more reviews to be added please let me know.
I'm merging because the metadata series is depending on this patch.

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh