On 3/23/2017 8:33 AM, Pascal Mazon wrote: > This series adds support for the flow API in tap PMD. > > It enables filtering specific packets incoming on the tap netdevice, to > process only desired ones. Under the hood, it uses kernel TC (traffic > control), which takes place very early in the stack, and supports most > common pattern items and actions defined in the flow API. > > v7 changes: > - provide more details in doc/guides/nics/tap.rst > > v6 changes: > - fix compilation issue on i686 (wrong cast for rte flow handle) > > v5 changes: > - rebase after adrien's patches on Tx poll and Rx signaling > - better spaces for comments in rte_eth_tap.h > > v4 changes: > - rebase on top of "net/tap: add additional management ops" series > - fix a few netlink doxygen comments > - rename tap.h -> rte_eth_tap.h > - flush flow rules only when applicable > > v3 changes: > - vlan patterns enabled depending on running kernel (4.9+) > - update doc/guides/nics/tap.rst for Flow API support > - rebase on top of "net/tap: add additional management ops" series > > v2 changes: > - support compilation on kernels < 4.2 (where flower support appeared) > - set whitespaces in tap.h > - remove unnecessary goto > > Pascal Mazon (4): > net/tap: move private elements to external header > net/tap: add preliminary support for rte_flow > net/tap: add netlink back-end for flow API > net/tap: add basic flow API patterns and actions
Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
