On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 2:28 PM Ariel Levkovich <lar...@mellanox.com> wrote: > > Allow user to set a packet's hash value using a bpf program. > > The user provided BPF program is required to compute and return > a hash value for the packet which is then stored in skb->hash.
Can be done by act_bpf, right? > > Using this action to set the skb->hash is an alternative to setting > it with act_skbedit and can be useful for future HW offload support > when the HW hash function is different then the kernel's hash > function. > By using a bpg program that emulates the HW hash function user > can ensure hash consistency between the SW and the HW. It sounds weird that the sole reason to add a new action is because of HW offloading. What prevents us extending the existing actions to support HW offloading? Thanks.
