Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] ethdev: add flow API to expand RSS flows

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 6/28/2018 5:09 PM, Adrien Mazarguil wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 06:01:21PM +0200, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:
>> Introduce an helper for PMD to expand easily flows items list with RSS
>> action into multiple flow items lists with priority information.
>>
>> For instance a user items list being "eth / end" with rss action types
>> "ipv4-udp ipv6-udp end" needs to be expanded into three items lists:
>>
>>  - eth
>>  - eth / ipv4 / udp
>>  - eth / ipv6 / udp
>>
>> to match the user request.  Some drivers are unable to reach such
>> request without this expansion, this API is there to help those.
>> Only PMD should use such API for their internal cooking, the application
>> will still handle a single flow.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v5:
>>
>> - Replace the struct rte_flow_expand_rss field by a flexible array,
>> - Address all nits.
> 
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.