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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net/tap: add deprecation notice for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_RSS
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:49:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231214174951.8317-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)

The BPF infrastructure in kernel changed which broke the method
being used to load the RSS part of rte_flow in the TAP device.
Since this is a little used feature, and fixing the problem would
be moderately complex and create new dependency on libbpf,
mark the feature as deprecated and plan for removal.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 81b93515cbd9..7d9012ada2d7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -146,3 +146,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
   Before this, the new port library API (functions rte_swx_port_*)
   will gradually transition from experimental to stable status.
+
+* tap: The support for RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_RSS is deprecated and
+  will be removed in DPDK 24.11 release. It is already broken on recent
+  Linux kernels due to changes in how BPF programs are loaded,
+  and will not be fixed.
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2023-12-14 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-14 17:49 Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2023-12-14 18:03 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-12-14 18:48 ` kumaraparameshwaran rathinavel
2023-12-15  3:01   ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-12-15  4:58     ` kumaraparameshwaran rathinavel
2023-12-15  3:57 ` Stephen Hemminger

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