From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B845F4F for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2018 06:29:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga007.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.52]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Apr 2018 21:29:08 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.48,393,1517904000"; d="scan'208";a="28812562" Received: from dpdk27.sh.intel.com ([10.67.111.90]) by fmsmga007.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 01 Apr 2018 21:29:07 -0700 From: Qi Zhang To: adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, declan.doherty@intel.com, sugesh.chandran@intel.com, michael.j.glynn@intel.com, yu.y.liu@intel.com, konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com, Qi Zhang Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 17:19:19 -0400 Message-Id: <1522617562-25940-2-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1522617562-25940-1-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> References: <1522279780-34842-1-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> <1522617562-25940-1-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] ether: add flow action to redirect packet to a port X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 04:29:09 -0000 Add action RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT, it can be used to redirect a packet to a network interface that connect to the same switch domain, rte_ethdev's port_id is used as an identification of the destination. A typical use case is: with a smart NIC for vSwitch acceleration, flow is defined to forward packets between the switch port that is managed by Port Representor. Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang --- doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst index 961943d..aa5c818 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst @@ -1486,6 +1486,28 @@ fields in the pattern items. | 1 | END | +-------+----------+ +Action: ``PORT`` +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Redirect packets to an interface that connect to the same switch domain. + +The desitnation should be managed by a rte_ethdev instance, port_id is +the identification of the destination. A typical use case is to define +a flow that redirect packet to a interface that mananged by a Port +Representor. + +- Terminating by default. + +.. _table_rte_flow_action_port: + +.. table:: PORT + + +--------------+-----------------------------------+ + | Field | Value | + +==============+===================================+ + | ``port_id`` | identification of the destination | + +--------------+-----------------------------------+ + Negative types ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.h index 13e4202..1080086 100644 --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.h +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_flow.h @@ -1010,7 +1010,14 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type { * * See struct rte_flow_action_security. */ - RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SECURITY + RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SECURITY, + + /** + * Redirect packets to a network interface in the same switch domain. + * + * See struct rte_flow_action_port. + */ + RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT, }; /** @@ -1148,6 +1155,16 @@ struct rte_flow_action_security { void *security_session; /**< Pointer to security session structure. */ }; +/** RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT + * + * Redirect packets to a network interface in the same switch domain. + * + * Terminating by default. + */ +struct rte_flow_action_port { + uint16_t port_id; /**< identification of the forward destination. */ +}; + /** * Definition of a single action. * -- 2.7.4