From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0391094 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:50:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2017 05:50:23 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,209,1486454400"; d="scan'208";a="1126185055" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.237.220.122]) ([10.237.220.122]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2017 05:50:18 -0700 To: Pascal Mazon , keith.wiles@intel.com References: Cc: dev@dpdk.org From: Ferruh Yigit Message-ID: <990d4c4a-b901-2a79-62cd-a356a4855a75@intel.com> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:50:17 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/4] net/tap: support flow API X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:50:25 -0000 On 3/23/2017 8:33 AM, Pascal Mazon wrote: > This series adds support for the flow API in tap PMD. > > It enables filtering specific packets incoming on the tap netdevice, to > process only desired ones. Under the hood, it uses kernel TC (traffic > control), which takes place very early in the stack, and supports most > common pattern items and actions defined in the flow API. > > v7 changes: > - provide more details in doc/guides/nics/tap.rst > > v6 changes: > - fix compilation issue on i686 (wrong cast for rte flow handle) > > v5 changes: > - rebase after adrien's patches on Tx poll and Rx signaling > - better spaces for comments in rte_eth_tap.h > > v4 changes: > - rebase on top of "net/tap: add additional management ops" series > - fix a few netlink doxygen comments > - rename tap.h -> rte_eth_tap.h > - flush flow rules only when applicable > > v3 changes: > - vlan patterns enabled depending on running kernel (4.9+) > - update doc/guides/nics/tap.rst for Flow API support > - rebase on top of "net/tap: add additional management ops" series > > v2 changes: > - support compilation on kernels < 4.2 (where flower support appeared) > - set whitespaces in tap.h > - remove unnecessary goto > > Pascal Mazon (4): > net/tap: move private elements to external header > net/tap: add preliminary support for rte_flow > net/tap: add netlink back-end for flow API > net/tap: add basic flow API patterns and actions Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.