Hi Annob On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 08:34:04PM +0530, Anoob Joseph wrote: <snip> > > > > I think we have an agreement here, in order the final action to be > > tested: > > > > 1. PASSTHRU > > 2. RSS > > 3. QUEUE > > > > If those 3 fails, the functions fails to create the rule, the first > > succeeding is the one applied. > PASSTHRU itself is non-terminating, right? So I'm not sure, how a check with > PASSTHRU would help us. SECURITY will be terminating action on Cavium > hardware. So, the first check could be without any addition. If that fails, > RSS. And then QUEUE. That should be fine.
Agreed, assuming PASSTHRU [1] is not mandatory (i.e. explicit) when the rule action list is not terminal. A small suggestion, you should accept/ignore such action in your PMD, the API also allows applications to add it. Thanks, [1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.html#action-types -- Nélio Laranjeiro 6WIND
