Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Bing Zhao <bi...@mellanox.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:34 PM > To: Ori Kam <or...@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh > <rasl...@mellanox.com>; Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com> > Cc: Slava Ovsiienko <viachesl...@mellanox.com>; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: [PATCH v4 0/4] net/mlx5: move to non-cached mode for flow rules > > 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(-) > > -- > 1.8.3.1
Series applied to next-net-mlx, Kindest regards, Raslan Darawsheh
