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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: Nvidia.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: CY4PR1201MB0072.namprd12.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 2d0feec3-0691-4fae-8125-08d8e95f34c4 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 17 Mar 2021 16:10:38.7514 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 43083d15-7273-40c1-b7db-39efd9ccc17a X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: 3dnvPGy6KwciUN2TcF3VesGocyPe9dDqL1HBfPtW2hUJVMwESup68dAcEFyw/tKZKW906QwIhIExgsclj3I9fg== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: CY4PR12MB1943 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC] ethdev: introduce action context APIs 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 Sender: "dev" Archived-At: List-Archive: Hi Thomas, > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 4:29 PM > To: Bing Zhao > Cc: Ori Kam ; ferruh.yigit@intel.com; > andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [RFC] ethdev: introduce action context APIs >=20 > External email: Use caution opening links or attachments >=20 >=20 > 17/03/2021 08:59, Bing Zhao: > > The new functions rte_flow_action_ctx* that were added will > replace > > the curret shared functions rte_flow_shared_action_*. > > - rte_flow_shared_action_create > > - rte_flow_shared_action_destroy > > - rte_flow_shared_action_update > > - rte_flow_shared_action_query > > + rte_flow_action_ctx_create > > + rte_flow_action_ctx_destroy > > + rte_flow_action_ctx_update > > + rte_flow_action_ctx_query > > > > When creating a action context, it could be shared among different > > flows or different ports. Or it could also be used by a single > flow. > > The name "shared" is improper in a sense. >=20 > Is it the only reason for the change? > I better understand "shared" even if it is sometimes not shared. Another reason is as written in the description of commit message, currentl= y the update interface use the rte_flow_action as the input parameter. It w= ould limit the ability of updating, since rte_flow_action only have the "co= nf" w/o any mask or flag bits. If only part of the fields need to be updated, it couldn't meet the needs. >=20 >=20 BR. Bing