From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7269742C5E; Thu, 8 Jun 2023 14:34:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F313A406B5; Thu, 8 Jun 2023 14:33:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from shelob.oktetlabs.ru (shelob.oktetlabs.ru [91.220.146.113]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C3BF40042 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2023 14:33:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.38.17] (aros.oktetlabs.ru [192.168.38.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by shelob.oktetlabs.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AA4AF59; Thu, 8 Jun 2023 15:33:57 +0300 (MSK) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 shelob.oktetlabs.ru AA4AF59 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=oktetlabs.ru; s=default; t=1686227637; bh=pF+XIX3z16IHPhq5L7+DFSsn7wPcJQcdCCNReOoMeZw=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=o1WLPa0SymLkp9xY30d5ii3Sbd91qPJTquk5ekc2IjJFJ9xKP7Wms9443ffA3lo05 ELRZHquER01iF4sd5DOV0LBgEmKlU4uHkyAPqLN6AUtKLxa9LE82EhbR0QK3EnsFL7 u5kEWZ/yFRm9vByFYI5/gPTn90MOgUV+0kXWp2vI= Message-ID: <2fb8842c-7408-d304-d9c8-42513e3bb0f7@oktetlabs.ru> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 15:33:57 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/34] net/sfc: support HW conntrack assistance Content-Language: en-US To: Ivan Malov , dev@dpdk.org Cc: Ferruh Yigit References: <20230601195538.8265-1-ivan.malov@arknetworks.am> <20230607130245.8048-1-ivan.malov@arknetworks.am> From: Andrew Rybchenko Organization: OKTET Labs In-Reply-To: <20230607130245.8048-1-ivan.malov@arknetworks.am> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On 6/7/23 16:02, Ivan Malov wrote: > On EF100 hardware, match-action engine (MAE) can be equipped > with an assistance table for connection tracking (CT). In it, > an entry key is a set of exact match fields: an EtherType, a > pair of IP addresses, a L4 protocol ID and a pair of L4 port > numbers. An entry response can provide matching packets with > a mark value and additional data to be plumbed to NAT action. > In addition, an update to mark-and-sweep counter can be done. > > This table was designed with larger capacity in mind, > so moving the above match criteria out of an action > rule (AR) specification to a CT entry increases the > likelihood of reusing AR entries and improves the > total flow engine capacity. Make use of that. > > Changes in v2: > * Found and fixed my own mistake in [15/34] > * Fixed [16/34] as per 0-day robot report > * Added missing release notes to [27/34] > * Added missing release notes to [30/34] > > Changes in v3: > * Fixed release notes in [27/34] > * Rebased on dpdk to fix CI > > Changes in v4: > * Applied review notes in [05/34], [08/34], [09/34] and [10/34]. My ack from the previous version is lost.