Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] net/mlx5: move to non-cached mode for flow rules

[Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bing Zhao <bingz@mellanox.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:34 PM
> To: Ori Kam <orika@mellanox.com>; Raslan Darawsheh
> <rasland@mellanox.com>; Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
> Cc: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v4 0/4] net/mlx5: move to non-cached mode for flow rules
> 
> This patch set will remove the flow rules cache and move to the
> non-cached mode for both DV and Verbs mode.
> 
> In the device closing stage, all the software resources for flows
> created will be freed and corresponding hardware resources will be
> released. Then the total cost of the memory will be reduced and the
> behavior of mlx5 PMD will comply fully with the ethdev API
> expectations.
> 
> After closing a device, all the flow rules stored in application
> layer will no longer be valid anymore. Application should synchronize
> the database and do not try to destory any rule on this device.
> And after a device restarting, all the needed flow rules should be
> reinserted via the create routine in the rte_flow lib.
> 
> ---
> v2 Changes:
>     Fix the compiling error with MLX5 Debug mode in the 4th commit
>     of "net/mlx5: introduce handle structure for DV flows".
> v3 Changes:
>     Refactor the device flow related structures to support non-cached
>     mode for both Verbs and DV flows.
> v4 Changes:
>     Fix the code style warning for stdbool type and a typo in the
>     code line comments.
> ---
> 
> Bing Zhao (4):
>   net/mlx5: change operations for non-cached flows
>   net/mlx5: reorganize mlx5 flow structures
>   net/mlx5: separate the flow handle resource
>   net/mlx5: check device stat before creating flow
> 
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c            |  18 ++-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h            |   9 +-
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c       | 197 +++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h       | 179 ++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c    | 311 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
> -------
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_verbs.c | 156 +++++++++++--------
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_trigger.c    |  26 ++--
>  7 files changed, 573 insertions(+), 323 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 1.8.3.1

Series applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh