Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mbuf: fix to update documentation of QinQ stripped bit interpretation

[Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>]

I'll review v2 promptly, some minor comments from me below
(taking into account that Olivier's review notes are applied).

On 1/6/20 11:34 AM, Somnath Kotur wrote:
> Certain hardware may be able to strip and/or save only the outermost
> VLAN instead of both the VLANs in the mbuf in a QinQ scenario.
> To handle such cases, we could re-interpret setting of just
> PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED to indicate that only the outermost VLAN has
> been stripped and saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer.
> Only When both PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set, the 2
> VLANs have been stripped by the hardware and their TCI are saved in
> mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h | 15 +++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
> index 9a8557d..db1070b 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
> @@ -124,12 +124,19 @@
>  #define PKT_RX_FDIR_FLX      (1ULL << 14)
>  
>  /**
> - * The 2 vlans have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are
> - * saved in mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
> + * The outer vlan has been stripped by the hardware and their tci are

vlan -> VLAN, tci -> TCI

> + * saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
>   * This can only happen if vlan stripping is enabled in the RX

vlan -> VLAN, RX -> Rx

>   * configuration of the PMD.
> - * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED is set, the flags (PKT_RX_VLAN |
> - * PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_QINQ) must also be set.
> + * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED is set, the flags (PKT_RX_VLAN |  PKT_RX_QINQ)
> + * must also be set.
> + * When both PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set, the 2 vlans

vlans -> VLANs

> + * have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are saved in

tci -> TCI

> + * mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
> + * This can only happen if vlan stripping is enabled in the RX configuration

vlan -> VLAN, RX -> Rx

> + * of the PMD.
> + * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set,
> + * (PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_QINQ) must also be set.
>   */
>  #define PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED (1ULL << 15)
>  
> 

I realize that some of my comment above touch not modified
lines, but ~90% of the description is updated and I see no
point to keep remaining 10% untouched.