Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/2] examples/ipsec-secgw: add support for inline protocol

["De Lara Guarch, Pablo" <pablo.de.lara.guarch@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Anoob Joseph
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 7:15 AM
> To: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@nxp.com>; Doherty, Declan
> <declan.doherty@intel.com>; Nicolau, Radu <radu.nicolau@intel.com>;
> Gonzalez Monroy, Sergio <sergio.gonzalez.monroy@intel.com>
> Cc: Anoob Joseph <anoob.joseph@caviumnetworks.com>; Jerin Jacob
> <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>; Narayana Prasad
> <narayanaprasad.athreya@caviumnetworks.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/2] examples/ipsec-secgw: add support for
> inline protocol
> 
> Adding support for inline protocol processing
> 
> In ingress side, application will receive regular IP packets, without any IPsec
> related info. Application will do a selector check (SP-SA
> check) by making use of the metadata from the packet. The device-specific
> metadata in mbuf would aid in determing the security session which
> processed the packet.
> 
> In egress side, the plain packet would be submitted to the driver. The
> packet will have optional metadata, which could be used to identify the
> security session associated with the packet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anoob Joseph <anoob.joseph@caviumnetworks.com>

Akhil, Radu, could you review this patch?

Thanks,
Pablo