On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 08:08:08PM +0200, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> This series adds support for switch flow rules, that is, rte_flow rules
> applied to mlx5 devices at the switch level.
>
> It allows applications to offload traffic redirection between DPDK ports in
> hardware, while optionally modifying it (e.g. performing encap/decap).
>
> For this to work, involved DPDK ports must be part of the same switch
> domain, as is the case with port representors, and the transfer attribute
> must be requested on flow rules.
>
> Also since the mlx5 switch is controlled through Netlink instead of Verbs,
> and given how tedious formatting Netlink messages is, a new dependency is
> added to mlx5: libmnl. See relevant patch.
>
> This series depends on Nelio's mlx5 flow engine rework ("net/mlx5: flow
> rework" [1][2]) which must be applied first.
>
> [1] https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=268
> [2] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-June/105499.html
>
> Adrien Mazarguil (6):
> net/mlx5: lay groundwork for switch offloads
> net/mlx5: add framework for switch flow rules
> net/mlx5: add fate actions to switch flow rules
> net/mlx5: add L2-L4 pattern items to switch flow rules
> net/mlx5: add VLAN item and actions to switch flow rules
> net/mlx5: add port ID pattern item to switch flow rules
>
> drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 32 +
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h | 28 +
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 113 ++++
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_nl_flow.c | 1126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mk/rte.app.mk | 2 +-
> 6 files changed, 1302 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_nl_flow.c
>
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> 2.11.0
Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com>
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