Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC v2 1/3] ethdev: add flow api actions to modify IP addresses

[Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com>]

On Tuesday, September 09/18/18, 2018 at 13:26:06 +0530, Xiaoyu Min wrote:
> >  
> >  static int
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
> > index f8ba71cdb..48c3c606e 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
> > @@ -1505,6 +1505,34 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type {
> >  	 * error.
> >  	 */
> >  	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_NVGRE_DECAP,
> > +
> > +	/**
> > +	 * Modify IPv4 source address
> > +	 *
> > +	 * See struct rte_flow_action_set_ipv4.
> > +	 */
> > +	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_SRC,
> > +
> > +	/**
> > +	 * Modify IPv4 destination address
> > +	 *
> > +	 * See struct rte_flow_action_set_ipv4.
> > +	 */
> > +	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_DST,
> > +
> > +	/**
> > +	 * Modify IPv6 source address
> > +	 *
> > +	 * See struct rte_flow_action_set_ipv6.
> > +	 */
> > +	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_SRC,
> > +
> > +	/**
> > +	 * Modify IPv6 destination address
> > +	 *
> > +	 * See struct rte_flow_action_set_ipv6.
> > +	 */
> > +	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_DST,
> >  };
> Hey Rahul,
> 
> Sorry for the late response. Just a small comment:
> 
> We would need the corresponding RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_* specified in pattern.
> i.e RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6 must be in pattern for action RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_SRC
> otherwise RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION return.
> Would be better to document this in comments and __rte_flow.rst__
> 
> What do you think?
> 

Ok. Will update the comment and doc.

Thanks,
Rahul