From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B7DA0A0C; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 21:57:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4007341187; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 21:57:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from shelob.oktetlabs.ru (shelob.oktetlabs.ru [91.220.146.113]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A12F41186 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 21:57:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: by shelob.oktetlabs.ru (Postfix, from userid 122) id 3B9707F6C4; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 22:57:38 +0300 (MSK) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on shelob.oktetlabs.ru X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, DKIM_ADSP_DISCARD, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from aros.oktetlabs.ru (aros.oktetlabs.ru [192.168.38.17]) by shelob.oktetlabs.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E0117F578; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 22:57:27 +0300 (MSK) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 shelob.oktetlabs.ru 5E0117F578 Authentication-Results: shelob.oktetlabs.ru/5E0117F578; dkim=none; dkim-atps=neutral From: Andrew Rybchenko To: Thomas Monjalon , Ferruh Yigit , Ori Kam Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Eli Britstein , Ilya Maximets , Ajit Khaparde , Matan Azrad , Ivan Malov , Viacheslav Galaktionov Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 22:57:23 +0300 Message-Id: <20210802195723.2153114-2-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20210802195723.2153114-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> References: <20210801102214.1566104-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> <20210802195723.2153114-1-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] ethdev: announce clarification of implicit filter by port X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Transfer flow rules may be applied to traffic entering switch from many sources. There are flow API pattern items which allow to specify ingress port match criteria explicitly, but it is not documented if ethdev port used to create flow rule adds any implicit match criteria and how it coexists with explicit ones. These aspects should be documented and drivers and applications which use it in a a different way must be fixed. Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko Acked-by: Ori Kam --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 6e6413c89f..4d174c8952 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -163,3 +163,8 @@ Deprecation Notices clarification. Structure rte_flow_action_port_id will be extended to specify traffic direction to represented entity or ethdev port itself in DPDK 21.11. + +* ethdev: Flow API documentation is unclear if ethdev port used to create + a flow rule adds any implicit match criteria in the case of transfer rules. + The semantics will be clarified in DPDK 21.11 and it will require fixes in + drivers and applications which interpret it in a different way. -- 2.30.2