Hi Akhil,
>
> Hi Marcin,
>
> >
> > Introduce new function for IPv6 header extension parsing able to
> > determine extension length and next protocol number.
> >
> > This function is helpful when implementing IPv6 header traversing.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marcin Smoczynski <marcinx.smoczyn...@intel.com>
> > ---
> > lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h b/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h
> > index f9b909090..be64da662 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h
> > @@ -425,6 +425,55 @@ rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(const struct ipv6_hdr
> > *ipv6_hdr, const void *l4_hdr)
> > return (uint16_t)cksum;
> > }
> >
> > +/* IPv6 fragmentation header size */
> > +#define RTE_IPV6_FRAG_HDR_SIZE 8
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * Parse next IPv6 header extension
> > + *
> > + * This function checks if proto number is an IPv6 extensions and parses
> > its
> > + * data if so, providing information on next header and extension length.
> > + *
> > + * @param p
> > + * Pointer to an extension raw data.
> > + * @param proto
> > + * Protocol number extracted from the "next header" field from
> > + * the IPv6 header or the previous extension.
> > + * @param ext_len
> > + * Extension data length.
> > + * @return
> > + * next protocol number if proto is an IPv6 extension, -EINVAL otherwise
> > + */
> > +static inline int __rte_experimental
>
>
> Rte_experimental may not be required for inline functions.
AFAIK we do need that tag for both inline and non-inline functions,
till API will be transferred to 'stable' state:
$ find lib -type f | xargs grep __rte_experimental | grep inline | wc -l
57
>
>
> > +rte_ipv6_get_next_ext(uint8_t *p, int proto, size_t *ext_len)
> > +{
> > + int next_proto;
> > +
> > + switch (proto) {
> > + case IPPROTO_AH:
> > + next_proto = *p++;
> > + *ext_len = (*p + 2) * sizeof(uint32_t);
> > + break;
> > +
> > + case IPPROTO_HOPOPTS:
> > + case IPPROTO_ROUTING:
> > + case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
> > + next_proto = *p++;
> > + *ext_len = (*p + 1) * sizeof(uint64_t);
> > + break;
> > +
> > + case IPPROTO_FRAGMENT:
> I see that there is some compilation issues with respect to IPPROTO_xxx
> fields. These are reported in patchworks if you need details.
>
> Could you please fix these and send next rev.
>
> Thanks,
> Akhil
