[dpdk-dev] [RFC] ethdev: add generic MAC address rewrite actions
Jack Min
jackmin at mellanox.com
Tue Aug 7 16:20:10 CEST 2018
There is a need to offload rewrite MAC address for both destination and source
from the matched flow
The proposed actions could make above easily achieved
Signed-off-by: Xiaoyu Min <jackmin at mellanox.com<mailto:jackmin at mellanox.com>>
---
lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
index f8ba71cdb..4a51ab2a3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
@@ -1505,6 +1505,26 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type {
* error.
*/
RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_NVGRE_DECAP,
+
+ /**
+ * Set source MAC address from matched flow.
+ *
+ * If flow pattern does not define a valid RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
+ * the PMD should return a RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION error.
+ *
+ * See struct rte_flow_action_set_mac.
+ */
+ RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC,
+
+ /**
+ * Set destination MAC address from matched flow.
+ *
+ * If flow pattern does not define a valid RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
+ * the PMD should return a RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION error.
+ *
+ * See struct rte_flow_action_set_mac.
+ */
+ RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_DST,
};
/**
@@ -1868,6 +1888,18 @@ struct rte_flow_action_nvgre_encap {
struct rte_flow_item *definition;
};
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this structure may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC
+ *
+ * Set MAC address from the matched flow
+ */
+struct rte_flow_action_set_mac {
+ uint8_t mac_addr[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
+};
+
/*
* Definition of a single action.
*
--
2.17.1
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