This patch set adds support for Direct Rules API for MLX5 driver. As more and more applications like OVS are inserting and removing large number of flows, the flow insertion rate become more critical.
In current MLX5 PMD rules are inserted to the device using the FW, this limits the max insertion rate. The solution is using a new set of API that are part of RDMA-Core. which enables bypassing the FW and writing the flows directly to the device, which results in a much faster insertion rate. v2: * Small issues fixed. * Rebased. Ori Kam (3): net/mlx5: prepare Direct Verbs for Direct Rule net/mlx5: add Direct Rules API net/mlx5: add jump action support for NIC drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile | 5 + drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 16 ++ drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h | 23 ++ drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 1 + drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h | 38 ++- drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 509 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c | 300 +++++++++++++++++++---- drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h | 50 ++-- drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_prm.h | 24 +- 9 files changed, 832 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1
