[PATCH 1/6] table: add hash function prototype

[Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>]

Add hash function prototype to be used by the exact match and the
learner table types. The hash function is not mask-based, so the table
key fields have to be contiguous in memory.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Dumitrescu <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamalakannan R. <kamalakannan.r@intel.com>
---
 lib/table/meson.build         |  1 +
 lib/table/rte_swx_hash_func.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/table/rte_swx_hash_func.h

diff --git a/lib/table/meson.build b/lib/table/meson.build
index d1f2f9dcf6..6d4272c4ef 100644
--- a/lib/table/meson.build
+++ b/lib/table/meson.build
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ sources = files(
 )
 headers = files(
         'rte_lru.h',
+	'rte_swx_hash_func.h',
         'rte_swx_table.h',
         'rte_swx_table_em.h',
         'rte_swx_table_learner.h',
diff --git a/lib/table/rte_swx_hash_func.h b/lib/table/rte_swx_hash_func.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04f3d543e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/table/rte_swx_hash_func.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2022 Intel Corporation
+ */
+#ifndef __INCLUDE_RTE_SWX_HASH_FUNC_H__
+#define __INCLUDE_RTE_SWX_HASH_FUNC_H__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * RTE SWX Hash Function
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/**
+ * Hash function prototype
+ *
+ * @param[in] key
+ *   Key to hash. Must be non-NULL.
+ * @param[in] length
+ *   Key length in bytes.
+ * @param[in] seed
+ *   Hash seed.
+ * @return
+ *   Hash value.
+ */
+typedef uint32_t
+(*rte_swx_hash_func_t)(const void *key,
+		       uint32_t length,
+		       uint32_t seed);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
-- 
2.34.1