22/02/2023 15:11, Eli Britstein: > Currently, testpmd assigns its own IDs, as indices, to created flows. > Later, the flow index is used as the ID for flow operations (query, > destroy, dump). > > Allow the user to assign a user-id, to be later used as an alternative > to the flow index testpmd assigns. > > Example: > > testpmd> flow create 0 ingress user_id 0x1234 pattern eth / end actions > count / drop / end > Flow rule #0 created, user-id 0x1234 > > testpmd> flow query 0 0x1234 count user_id > > testpmd> flow dump 0 user_id rule 0x1234 > > testpmd> flow destroy 0 rule 0x1234 user_id > Flow rule user_id 0x1234 destroyed > > testpmd> flow destroy 0 rule 0x1234 user_id > Flow rule #0 destroyed, user-id 0x1234 > > Signed-off-by: Eli Britstein <el...@nvidia.com>
Please Eli, we need explain why adding this feature. Could you add the justification done in the RFC? Thank you.
