From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Leo Xu (Networking SW)" <yongquanx@nvidia.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>, Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>,
Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>,
Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh@intel.com>,
Yuying Zhang <yuying.zhang@intel.com>,
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>,
Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
"david.marchand@redhat.com" <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ethdev: add ICMPv6 ID and sequence
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:56:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6520018.4vTCxPXJkl@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CH2PR12MB4248C5B28F8405C262C83174C4D09@CH2PR12MB4248.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
31/01/2023 07:53, Leo Xu (Networking SW):
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > 20/12/2022 08:44, Leo Xu:
> > > +/**
> > > + * ICMP6 header
> > > + */
> > > +struct rte_icmp6_hdr {
> > > + uint8_t type;
> > > + uint8_t code;
> > > + rte_be16_t checksum;
> > > +} __rte_packed;
> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * ICMP6 echo
> > > + */
> > > +struct rte_icmp6_echo {
> > > + struct rte_icmp6_hdr hdr;
> > > + rte_be16_t identifier;
> > > + rte_be16_t sequence;
> > > +} __rte_packed;
> >
> > It is exactly the same as struct rte_icmp_hdr.
> > Why not reuse it?
> > Maybe introduce struct rte_icmp_base_hdr and define rte_icmp_echo_hdr as
> > rte_icmp_hdr?
>
> Hi Thomas,
> Looks like, using rte_icmp_hdr as base header for both icmp and icmpv6 is not that good.
> since, rte_icmp_hdr default their headers always having id and sequence fields, which is not applicable for most other icmp6/icmp types packets.
>
> I may suggest to keep icmp and icmp6 structures independent against each other, because, looks like these two protocols definitions do not share common base.
What about introducing rte_icmp_base_hdr?
We should try to avoid duplicating things.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-01 9:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-12 8:59 [PATCH 0/3] support match icmpv6 id " Leo Xu
2022-12-12 8:59 ` [PATCH 1/3] ethdev: add ICMPv6 " Leo Xu
2022-12-12 8:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] net/mlx5: add ICMPv6 id and sequence match support Leo Xu
2022-12-12 8:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] net/mlx5/hws: " Leo Xu
2022-12-20 7:44 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] support match icmpv6 ID and sequence Leo Xu
2022-12-20 7:44 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] ethdev: add ICMPv6 " Leo Xu
2023-01-03 8:17 ` Ori Kam
2023-01-18 9:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-01-31 6:53 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2023-02-01 9:56 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2023-02-02 18:33 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2023-02-02 21:23 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-02-03 2:56 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2023-01-26 10:45 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-01-31 3:58 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2022-12-20 7:44 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] net/mlx5: add ICMPv6 ID and sequence match support Leo Xu
2023-01-18 8:55 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-01-31 6:57 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2022-12-20 7:44 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] net/mlx5/hws: " Leo Xu
2023-01-18 8:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-01-31 6:56 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2023-01-26 10:47 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] support match icmpv6 ID and sequence Ferruh Yigit
2023-01-31 3:54 ` Leo Xu (Networking SW)
2023-02-05 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 " Leo Xu
2023-02-05 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] ethdev: add ICMPv6 " Leo Xu
2023-02-05 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] net/mlx5: add ICMPv6 ID and sequence match support Leo Xu
2023-02-07 13:48 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2023-02-05 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] net/mlx5/hws: " Leo Xu
2023-02-07 13:05 ` Alex Vesker
2023-02-07 13:49 ` Slava Ovsiienko
2023-02-09 13:04 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] support match icmpv6 ID and sequence Ferruh Yigit
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