Create a new Flow API action: METER_MARK.
It Meters an IP packet stream and marks its packets with colors.
Unlike the METER action, it performs no policing at all.
A user has the flexibility to create any policies with the help of
the METER_COLOR item later, only meter profile is required here.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozy...@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst | 1 +
lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
index 018def1033..90f0ebc9bc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
@@ -3411,6 +3411,31 @@ This action is meant to use the same structure as
`Action: PORT_REPRESENTOR`_.
See also `Item: REPRESENTED_PORT`_.
+Action: ``METER_MARK``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Meters an IP packet stream and marks its packets with colors.
+
+Unlike the ``METER`` action, policing is optional and may be
+performed later with the help of the ``METER_COLOR`` item.
+The profile and/or policy objects have to be created
+using the rte_mtr_profile_add()/rte_mtr_policy_add() API.
+Pointers to these objects are used as action parameters
+and need to be retrieved using the rte_mtr_profile_get() API
+and rte_mtr_policy_get() API respectively.
+
+.. _table_rte_flow_action_meter_mark:
+
+.. table:: METER_MARK
+
+ +------------------+----------------------+
+ | Field | Value |
+ +==================+======================+
+ | ``profile`` | Meter profile object |
+ +------------------+----------------------+
+ | ``policy`` | Meter policy object |
+ +------------------+----------------------+
+
Negative types
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
index 6d030bead5..fca7d07e4b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ New Features
* Added METER_COLOR item to match Color Marker set by a Meter.
* Added ability to set Color Marker via modify_field Flow API.
* Added Meter API to get a pointer to profile/policy by their ID.
+ * Added METER_MARK action for Metering with lockless profile/policy access.
* **Updated Intel iavf driver.**
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
index 9754f6630a..bb16108f16 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
@@ -2906,6 +2906,15 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type {
* @see struct rte_flow_action_ethdev
*/
RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT,
+
+ /**
+ * Traffic metering and marking (MTR).
+ * the entity represented by the given ethdev.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_flow_action_meter_mark
+ * See file rte_mtr.h for MTR profile object configuration.
+ */
+ RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_METER_MARK,
};
/**
@@ -3775,6 +3784,25 @@ struct rte_flow_action_modify_field {
uint32_t width; /**< Number of bits to use from a source field. */
};
+/**
+ * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_METER_MARK
+ *
+ * Traffic metering and marking (MTR).
+ *
+ * Meters an IP packet stream and marks its packets either
+ * green, yellow, or red according to the specified profile.
+ * The policy is optional and may be specified for defining
+ * subsequent actions based on a color asigned by MTR.
+ * Alternatively, the METER_COLOR item may be used for this.
+ */
+struct rte_flow_action_meter_mark {
+
+ /**< Profile config retrieved with rte_mtr_profile_get(). */
+ struct rte_flow_meter_profile *profile;
+ /**< Profile config retrieved with rte_mtr_policy_get(). */
+ struct rte_flow_meter_policy *policy;
+};
+
/* Mbuf dynamic field offset for metadata. */
extern int32_t rte_flow_dynf_metadata_offs;
--
2.18.2
