From: Bing Zhao
> This patch set will remove the flow rules cache and move to the non-cached
> mode for both DV and Verbs mode.
>
> In the device closing stage, all the software resources for flows created will
> be freed and corresponding hardware resources will be released. Then the
> total cost of the memory will be reduced and the behavior of mlx5 PMD will
> comply fully with the ethdev API expectations.
>
> After closing a device, all the flow rules stored in application layer will no
> longer be valid anymore. Application should synchronize the database and do
> not try to destory any rule on this device.
> And after a device restarting, all the needed flow rules should be reinserted
> via the create routine in the rte_flow lib.
>
> ---
> v2 Changes:
> Fix the compiling error with MLX5 Debug mode in the 4th commit
> of "net/mlx5: introduce handle structure for DV flows".
> v3 Changes:
> Refactor the device flow related structures to support non-cached
> mode for both Verbs and DV flows.
> v4 Changes:
> Fix the code style warning for stdbool type and a typo in the
> code line comments.
> ---
>
> Bing Zhao (4):
> net/mlx5: change operations for non-cached flows
> net/mlx5: reorganize mlx5 flow structures
> net/mlx5: separate the flow handle resource
> net/mlx5: check device stat before creating flow
>
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c | 18 ++-
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h | 9 +-
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 197 +++++++++++++++++------
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h | 179 ++++++++++++++-------
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 311 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
> -------
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_verbs.c | 156 +++++++++++--------
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c | 26 ++--
> 7 files changed, 573 insertions(+), 323 deletions(-)
Series-acked-by: Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com>
