Session
P4TC Workshop
Chairs
ANJALI JAIN
KHALID M
Label
Nuts and Bolts
Session Type
Workshop
Contents
Description
This workshop will constitute discussions on the current kernel effort to get P4 over TC. The first code release will happen at the workshop. Current WAG agenda: 1) Code Release and high level overview 2) P4C compiler Interaction 3) Control-user introspection 4) The test infrastructure being used to test P4TC 5) Driver interfaces Discussion 6) Any other discussions.. Background P4 has gained industry-wide acceptance as a datapath language and has been a subject of many discussions in the community over the last few years, see [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]: Due to the industry takeoff of P4 we are putting resources to make it real for the Linux kernel. Effort to write code has been going on for a few months and we hope to release the code in this workshop. Some of the stated P4TC goals are: 1) Offloading entirely to P4-capable hardware with skip_sw. 2) Running entirely in software infrastructures (VMs, baremetal, containers) with skip_hw. 3) Split setup - where some of the P4 program control and pipeline is in software and some is in hardware (using a mix of skip_sw and skip_hw). 4) Running multiple independent P4 programs across multiple independent hardware and/or software (using tc filter infrastructure). 5) Independence from changing any kernel code with introduction of a new P4 program (achieved via "scriptability"). References ---------------- [1] Matty Kadosh, "P4 Offload", TC Workshop, Netdev conference 2.2, 2017 https://legacy.netdevconf.info/2.2/slides/salim-tc-workshop04.pdf [2] Prem Jonnalagadda, "Mapping tc to P4", TC Workshop, Netdev conference 2.2, 2017 https://legacy.netdevconf.info/2.2/slides/salim-tc-workshop06.pdf [3]Jamal Hadi Salim, "What P4 Can Learn From Linux Traffic Control", proceedings of ONF 5th P4 Workshop, 2018 https://opennetworking.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jamal_Salim.pdf [4] Many speakers, TC P4 workshop, Intel, Santa Clara, 2018 https://files.netdevconf.info/d/5aa8c0ca61ea4e96bb46/ [5] Antonin Bas and R. Krishnamoorthy. "Instrumenting P4 in the Kernel", TC Workshop, Netdev conference 0x12, 2018 https://www.files.netdevconf.info/d/9535fba900604dcd9c93/files/?p=/Instrumenting%20P4%20in%20the%20Linux%20kernel.pdf [6] Marian Pritsak and Matty Kadosh, "P4 Compiler Backend for TC", Netdev conference 0x13, 2019 https://legacy.netdevconf.info/0x13/session.html?p4-compiler-backend-for-tc
Recent News
Videos are released!
[Wed, 18, Jan. 2023]
Videos of day 1 and 2 are released!
[Thu, 22, Dec. 2022]
The schedule is up!
[Tue, 4, Oct. 2022]
We are pleased to announce our Netdev 0x16 keynote speaker: John Ousterhout
[Fri, 23, Sep. 2022]
Registration for Netdev 0x16 is now OPEN!
[Wed, 21, Sep. 2022]
Important Dates
Closing of CFS | Wed, Sept. 7, 2022 |
Notification by | Thu, Sept. 15, 2022 |
Conference dates | Oct 24th - 28th, 2022 |