Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] ethdev: announce change to action modify data

[Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>]

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On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 1:58 AM Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> In the current implementation,
> the action rte_flow_action_modify_field is not well defined
> for fields larger than 64 bits (for example IPv6 source)
> In addition, the byte order is also not well defined.
>
> Both of those issue should be fixed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>

> ---
> V2:
>   Fix typo.
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index d9c0e65921..b530616281 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -158,3 +158,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
>  * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
>    ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
>    flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
> +
> +* ethdev: The struct ``rte_flow_action_modify_data`` will be modified
> +  to support modifying larger fields than 64 bits.
> +  In addition, documentation will be updated to clarify byte order.
> --
> 2.25.1
>