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 5276B43270; Thu, 2 Nov 2023 19:39:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA2D40262; Thu, 2 Nov 2023 19:39:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f170.google.com (mail-pl1-f170.google.com [209.85.214.170]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B8540144 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2023 19:39:20 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f170.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1cc2fc281cdso10404835ad.0 for ; Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:39:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1698950359; x=1699555159; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=JsX4pSxqnmcj1ZUtBoi2hPGDLEePAoE+Z1ZAjriD7zE=; b=segDCQDX8d9k8UM8zfICSpguYcrNjra/bzbPtey1jGLzCGEHY2TJhqPGfpRP4SuhK7 Ifgt9loyPaOCVP1hk3vDGd/tLKQOpGP1ifg1z8hCoyn/8aEe2mWsEFlEG0Smbt4ZaNT9 txaMooNPH5uvK8bRZMiSECDfVIfZ8VlArjR9x2Se+MV5a2rc8kJSKnJgvYOEbuBrehXj iC3SYX62RFrD5L9lzbd//zDnQ98+crh7CuoZ34b6GcD0ZlFoF12dG6An6sH2AQWH3Q0+ lojozCBxqUyXA8ATK9lWgOaahoIM/D8HW8Xhs9lrvxBmRtHleQPtCK+cRoLi/vY/awc7 5MJQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1698950359; x=1699555159; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=JsX4pSxqnmcj1ZUtBoi2hPGDLEePAoE+Z1ZAjriD7zE=; b=sVAUyqgBQfV+VD2mPDGru/tZma/KgsV+9RagokeBwxespDSOBcn9EvFb1aELDBv4Yw ZPBeGfQ+dAz96PXYxuftcVBj97QN6ZqyYyV/TLiFCKTNEsiGPyu0btyHqveoYqIn+N3f xSd9Lg2iHx3rpKfwwdCfBouGq9TT6n4pq3OsSwXqsv5wxDlncKbDgnk5sXD9lU3RC6Fu VXG8fjgJkVgx1Ek5wSN/PSHH/WM53qA4WX4noXAmEP+AVrYZ7XUMGHzSABXydrRgQHZ1 8KKLeHNcvnTNw7HrZkmkdgPjwUDopKFf5vM9VhF1qx4njNAo9J8m/f58hSzKaKd16WQd ZlzA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz6pLx/kJg0Hm+TG15gieclANSzlIJ5cWBZvG6TIPmjO9aEibCM 5w9D07qnQ5u0Gzna17uPfjovZw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHBV+np/Aj8LnaCEXo6JvYHQiJg+seK5F7kuQSTfwar75vFc0WrwkwD8V0uPKYTtc8QY/OqXg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:8695:b0:1ca:7a4c:834e with SMTP id g21-20020a170902869500b001ca7a4c834emr13199255plo.69.1698950359324; Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fedora ([38.142.2.14]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c11-20020a170902724b00b001c877f27d1fsm63980pll.11.2023.11.02.11.39.18 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 11:39:16 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Ferruh Yigit Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "techboard@dpdk.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] net/tap: build and fix for BPF program Message-ID: <20231102113916.2e6a563e@fedora> In-Reply-To: References: <20230716212544.5625-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20231101180526.214773-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <62d85cfd-596e-4efc-a084-e14fab932956@amd.com> <20231102095234.0e351fff@fedora> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On Thu, 2 Nov 2023 18:35:08 +0000 Ferruh Yigit wrote: > > The motivation was to allow use of rte_flow in the failsafe/tap/mlx model. > > This is the legacy model for use in Hyper-V/Azure. Not aware of any > > application using this. > > The bug fix came from Oracle, perhaps they have more context. > > > > This fix set came from looking at old unmerged but ok patches in patchwork. > > > > Thanks for clarification. > > I am for getting this set and at least fix tap ebpf for this release. > > > But does it make sense to discuss deprecation of this feature, if there > is no more usecase anymore perhaps we can plan removing it? Proving a negative is impossible, especially since most users and NFV do not read this list.