As summarized in a prior RFC [1], the flow API (rte_flow) was chosen as a
means to manage switch offloads supported by many devices (usually going by
names such as E-Switch or vSwitch) through user-specified flow rules.
Combined with the need to support encap/decap actions, this requires a
change in the way flow actions are processed (in order and possibly
repeated) which modifies the behavior of some of the existing actions, thus
warranting a major ABI breakage.
Given this ABI breakage is also required by other work submitted for the
current release [2][3], this series addresses various longstanding issues
with the flow API and makes minor improvements in preparation for upcoming
features.
Changes summary:
- Additional error types.
- Clearer documentation.
- Improved C++ compatibility.
- Exhaustive RSS action.
- Consistent behavior of VLAN pattern item.
- New "transfer" attribute bringing consistency to VF/PF pattern items.
- Confusing "PORT" pattern item renamed "PHY_PORT", with new action
counterpart.
- New "PORT_ID" pattern item and action to be used with port representors.
This series piggybacks on the major ABI update introduced by a prior
commit [4] for DPDK 18.05 and depends on several fixes [5] which must be
applied first.
[1] "[RFC] Switch device offload with DPDK"
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-March/092513.html
[2] commit 676b605182a5 ("doc: announce ethdev API change for RSS
configuration")
[3] "[PATCH v1 00/21] MLX5 tunnel Rx offloading"
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-March/092264.html
[4] commit 653e038efc9b ("ethdev: remove versioning of filter control
function")
[5] "[PATCH v2 00/13] Bunch of flow API-related fixes"
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-April/095273.html
Adrien Mazarguil (16):
ethdev: update ABI for flow API functions
ethdev: add error types to flow API
ethdev: clarify flow API pattern items and actions
doc: remove flow API migration section
ethdev: remove DUP action from flow API
ethdev: alter behavior of flow API actions
ethdev: remove C99 flexible arrays from flow API
ethdev: flatten RSS configuration in flow API
ethdev: add hash function to RSS flow API action
ethdev: add encap level to RSS flow API action
ethdev: refine TPID handling in flow API
ethdev: add transfer attribute to flow API
ethdev: update behavior of VF/PF in flow API
ethdev: rename physical port item in flow API
ethdev: add physical port action to flow API
ethdev: add port ID item and action to flow API
app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c | 405 ++++++++++-----
app/test-pmd/config.c | 78 +--
doc/guides/nics/tap.rst | 2 +-
doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 601 ++++++++---------------
doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst | 54 +-
drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_filter.c | 52 +-
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethdev.h | 13 +-
drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/e1000/igb_flow.c | 83 +++-
drivers/net/e1000/igb_rxtx.c | 55 ++-
drivers/net/enic/enic_flow.c | 52 +-
drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 57 ++-
drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h | 15 +-
drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c | 144 ++++--
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h | 13 +-
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_flow.c | 91 +++-
drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c | 55 ++-
drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c | 117 +++--
drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxtx.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 317 ++++++------
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c | 22 +-
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h | 26 +-
drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_flow.c | 33 +-
drivers/net/sfc/sfc_flow.c | 82 +++-
drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c | 51 +-
examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.c | 21 +-
lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev_version.map | 10 +
lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.c | 68 +--
lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.h | 328 ++++++++-----
33 files changed, 1747 insertions(+), 1114 deletions(-)
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