On Mon, 20 May 2024 18:49:19 +0100 Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com> wrote:
> On 5/2/2024 10:31 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > There were multiple issues in the RSS queue support in the TAP > > driver. This required extensive rework of the BPF support. > > > > Change the BPF loading to use bpftool to > > create a skeleton header file, and load with libbpf. > > The BPF is always compiled from source so less chance that > > source and instructions diverge. Also resolves issue where > > libbpf and source get out of sync. The program > > is only loaded once, so if multiple rules are created > > only one BPF program is loaded in kernel. > > > > The new BPF program only needs a single action. > > No need for action and re-classification step. > > > > It also fixes the missing bits from the original. > > - supports setting RSS key per flow > > - level of hash can be L3 or L3/L4. > > > > Bugzilla ID: 1329 > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > > > > > The libbpf version in my Ubuntu box, installed with package manager, is > 'libbpf.so.0.5.0', so it doesn't satisfy the requirement and bpf support > is not compiled for me. > > > @Christian, 'libbpf.so.0.5.0'seems old, it is from 2021, do you know is > there a reason Ubuntu stick to this version? And can we expect an update > soon? > > > @Patric, I assume test environment also doesn't have 'libbpf', version: > '>= 1.0' which we need to test this feature. > Is it possible to update test environment to justify this dependency? > > I think we need to verify at least build (with and without dependency > met) for the set. The BPF API changed a lot, and it is not really possible to support both.
