14/06/2017 17:41, Andrew Rybchenko: > On 06/14/2017 05:48 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote: > > Isolated mode can be requested by applications on individual ports to avoid > > ingress traffic outside of the flow rules they define. > > > > Besides making ingress more deterministic, it allows PMDs to safely reuse > > resources otherwise assigned to handle the remaining traffic, such as > > global RSS configuration settings, VLAN filters, MAC address entries, > > legacy filter API rules and so on in order to expand the set of possible > > flow rule types. > > > > To minimize code complexity, PMDs implementing this mode may provide > > partial (or even no) support for flow rules when not enabled (e.g. no > > priorities, no RSS action). Applications written to use the flow API are > > therefore encouraged to enable it. > > > > Once effective, leaving isolated mode may not be possible depending on PMD > > implementation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarg...@6wind.com> > > Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com> > > Cc: Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com> > > Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com>
Applied, thanks
