使用 Soft-RoCE 可以在任何以太网接口上模拟 RoCE 网卡功能，当不具备拥有 Mellanox 等支持 RoCE 功能的物理网卡条件时，可以使用内核的 Soft-RoCE 模块在普通以太网借口上进行模拟。

Soft-RoCE 架构

其中 Soft-RoCE 内核驱动模块完成了 RoCE 网络层（UDP/IP）处理：

Soft-RoCE 初体验

首先需要加载 Soft-RoCE 内核驱动模块（rdma_rxe.ko）：

$ sudo modprobe rdma_rxe
$ modinfo rdma_rxe
filename:       /lib/modules/5.4.0-64-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rdma_rxe.ko
alias:          rdma-link-rxe
license:        Dual BSD/GPL
description:    Soft RDMA transport
author:         Bob Pearson, Frank Zago, John Groves, Kamal Heib
srcversion:     12ABDA933B29E9F5A5ACBEA
depends:        ib_core,ip6_udp_tunnel,udp_tunnel,ib_uverbs

基于以太网接口创建 RoCE 设备（这里的命令示例执行环境都是 Ubuntu 20.04，CentOS 7 应该使用 libibverbs 包中的 rxe_cfg 命令，CentOS 8 可以直接使用 rdma 命令）：

$ sudo rdma link add r1 type rxe netdev enp2s0

$ rdma link
link rocep2s0/1 state ACTIVE physical_state LINK_UP netdev enp2s0

$ rdma dev
0: rocep2s0: node_type ca node_guid de4a:3eff:fe49:2ce7 sys_image_guid de4a:3eff:fe49:2ce7 

$ rdma resource
0: rocep2s0: pd 1 cq 1 qp 1 cm_id 0 mr 0 ctx 0

注意，在 Ubuntu 20.04 下命令行中的设备名 r1 对非环回设备（lo）无效，会自动生成类似 rocep2s0 的设备名，但 CentOS 8 没有这个问题。

查看生成的 RoCE 设备信息：

$ ibv_devices 
    device                 node GUID
    ------              ----------------
    rocep2s0            de4a3efffe492ce7

$ ibv_devinfo 
hca_id: rocep2s0
        transport:                      InfiniBand (0)
        fw_ver:                         0.0.0
        node_guid:                      de4a:3eff:fe49:2ce7
        sys_image_guid:                 de4a:3eff:fe49:2ce7
        vendor_id:                      0x0000
        vendor_part_id:                 0
        hw_ver:                         0x0
        phys_port_cnt:                  1
                port:   1
                        state:                  PORT_ACTIVE (4)
                        max_mtu:                4096 (5)
                        active_mtu:             1024 (3)
                        sm_lid:                 0
                        port_lid:               0
                        port_lmc:               0x00
                        link_layer:             Ethernet

$ ibstat
CA 'rocep2s0'
        CA type: 
        Number of ports: 1
        Firmware version: 
        Hardware version: 
        Node GUID: 0xde4a3efffe492ce7
        System image GUID: 0xde4a3efffe492ce7
        Port 1:
                State: Active
                Physical state: LinkUp
                Rate: 2.5
                Base lid: 0
                LMC: 0
                SM lid: 0
                Capability mask: 0x00810000
                Port GUID: 0xde4a3efffe492ce7
                Link layer: Ethernet

删除 RoCE 设备：

1	$ sudo rdma link del rocep2s0

rping 测试

服务端：

$ rping -a 192.168.137.3 -s -P -d
created cm_id 0x55b13369c390
rdma_bind_addr successful
rdma_listen
cma_event type RDMA_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_REQUEST cma_id 0x7f3a04000cd0 (child)
child cma 0x7f3a04000cd0
created pd 0x7f39fc000b60
created channel 0x7f39fc000b80
created cq 0x7f39fc000ba0
created qp 0x7f39fc000c50
rping_setup_buffers called on cb 0x55b13369cda0
allocated & registered buffers...
accepting client connection request
cq_thread started.
cma_event type RDMA_CM_EVENT_ESTABLISHED cma_id 0x7f3a04000cd0 (child)
ESTABLISHED
recv completion
Received rkey 2608 addr 5560c0cb3d50 len 64 from peer
server received sink adv
server posted rdma read req 
rdma read completion
server received read complete
send completion
server posted go ahead
recv completion
Received rkey 2504 addr 5560c0cb0380 len 64 from peer
server received sink adv
rdma write from lkey 2945 laddr 7f39fc000dd0 len 64
rdma write completion
server rdma write complete 
send completion
server posted go ahead
recv completion
Received rkey 2608 addr 5560c0cb3d50 len 64 from peer
server received sink adv
server posted rdma read req 
rdma read completion
server received read complete
server posted go ahead
send completion
...
cma_event type RDMA_CM_EVENT_DISCONNECTED cma_id 0x7f3a04000cd0 (child)
server DISCONNECT EVENT...
wait for RDMA_READ_ADV state 10
rping_free_buffers called on cb 0x55b13369cda0

客户端：

$ rping -a 192.168.137.3 -c -d
created cm_id 0x5560c0cb3390
cma_event type RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_RESOLVED cma_id 0x5560c0cb3390 (parent)
cma_event type RDMA_CM_EVENT_ROUTE_RESOLVED cma_id 0x5560c0cb3390 (parent)
rdma_resolve_addr - rdma_resolve_route successful
created pd 0x5560c0cab170
created channel 0x5560c0cab1b0
created cq 0x5560c0cb3b20
created qp 0x5560c0cb3bd0
rping_setup_buffers called on cb 0x5560c0ca8810
allocated & registered buffers...
cq_thread started.
cma_event type RDMA_CM_EVENT_ESTABLISHED cma_id 0x5560c0cb3390 (parent)
ESTABLISHED
rmda_connect successful
RDMA addr 5560c0cb3d50 rkey 2608 len 64
send completion
recv completion
RDMA addr 5560c0cb0380 rkey 2504 len 64
send completion
recv completion
RDMA addr 5560c0cb3d50 rkey 2608 len 64
send completion
recv completion
RDMA addr 5560c0cb0380 rkey 2504 len 64
send completion
recv completion
RDMA addr 5560c0cb3d50 rkey 2608 len 64
send completion
recv completion

代码实现

Soft-RoCE 驱动代码在 Linux 源代码树如下目录：

1	linux/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/

RoCE 网络层（UDP/IP）与内核网络栈之间的代码逻辑相对来说比较简单，使用内核的 UDP tunneling 框架实现 UDP 4791 端口报文接收（参考 rxe_net.c/rxe_setup_udp_tunnel），直接调用 IP 层接口实现 UDP 报文发送（参考 rxe_net.c/send）。