Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] net/mlx5: add support for switch flow rules

["Nélio Laranjeiro" <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 08:08:08PM +0200, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> This series adds support for switch flow rules, that is, rte_flow rules
> applied to mlx5 devices at the switch level.
> 
> It allows applications to offload traffic redirection between DPDK ports in
> hardware, while optionally modifying it (e.g. performing encap/decap).
> 
> For this to work, involved DPDK ports must be part of the same switch
> domain, as is the case with port representors, and the transfer attribute
> must be requested on flow rules.
> 
> Also since the mlx5 switch is controlled through Netlink instead of Verbs,
> and given how tedious formatting Netlink messages is, a new dependency is
> added to mlx5: libmnl. See relevant patch.
> 
> This series depends on Nelio's mlx5 flow engine rework ("net/mlx5: flow
> rework" [1][2]) which must be applied first.
> 
> [1] https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=268
> [2] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2018-June/105499.html
> 
> Adrien Mazarguil (6):
>   net/mlx5: lay groundwork for switch offloads
>   net/mlx5: add framework for switch flow rules
>   net/mlx5: add fate actions to switch flow rules
>   net/mlx5: add L2-L4 pattern items to switch flow rules
>   net/mlx5: add VLAN item and actions to switch flow rules
>   net/mlx5: add port ID pattern item to switch flow rules
> 
>  drivers/net/mlx5/Makefile       |    2 +
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c         |   32 +
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h         |   28 +
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c    |  113 ++++
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_nl_flow.c | 1126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mk/rte.app.mk                   |    2 +-
>  6 files changed, 1302 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_nl_flow.c
> 
> -- 
> 2.11.0

Acked-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>

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Nélio Laranjeiro
6WIND