[dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/3] ethdev: add item/action for SFT

Andrey Vesnovaty andreyv at nvidia.com
Wed Sep 9 22:30:07 CEST 2020


Attach SFT flow context to packet with SFT action.
Match on SFT flow context (attached to packet),
with SFT item.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Vesnovaty <andreyv at nvidia.com>
---
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
index da8bfa5489..24390e6ab4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
@@ -537,6 +537,12 @@ enum rte_flow_item_type {
 	 */
 	RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ECPRI,
 
+	/**
+	 * Matches SFT context (see fields of struct rte_flow_item_sft).
+	 *
+	 * See struct rte_flow_item_sft.
+	 */
+	RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_SFT,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1579,6 +1585,54 @@ static const struct rte_flow_item_ecpri rte_flow_item_ecpri_mask = {
 };
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this structure may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_SFT
+ *
+ * Matches context of flow in SFT table.
+ *
+ * 5-tuple: src/dest IP + src/dest port + IP protocol.
+ * zone: application defined value cupled with 5-tuple to identify flow,
+ * example - VxLAN, VLAN.
+ * SFT: Statfull flow table
+ * SFT in scope of ethernet device (port) is HW offloaded lookup table
+ * where key is zone + 5-tuple & value is statefull flow context.
+ * Contents of the SFT maintained by SFT PMD (see SFT PMD API in rte_sft).
+ *
+ * The structure describes SFT flow context.
+ * All the fields of the structure, except @p fid, should be considered as
+ * user defined.
+ * The @p fid assigned by RTE SFT & used as unique flow identifier.
+ * SFT context attached to packet by action ``SFT`` (see RTE_FLOW_ACTION_SFT).
+ *
+ * SFT default context defined as context attached to packet when there is no
+ * entry for the flow in SFT. The @p state has application reserved value
+ * meaning that SFT context for the packet undefined since entry wasn't found
+ * in SFT. If state 'undefined' then @p zone should be valid othervice @p fid
+ * should be valid.
+ *
+ * Context considered virtual since the method of storing this info on packet
+ * is PMD/implementation specific & may involve mapping methods if there is
+ * 'not enough bits' to store entire contents of struct rte_flow_item_sft.
+ *
+ * Maximal value/size of each field depends on HW capabilities and considered
+ * as implementation specific.
+ */
+struct rte_flow_item_sft {
+	union {
+		uint32_t fid; /**< SFT flow identifier. */
+		uint32_t zone; /**< Zone assigned to flow. */
+	};
+	uint8_t state; /**< User defined flow state. */
+	uint8_t fid_valid:1; /**< fid field validity bit. */
+	uint8_t zone_valid:1; /**< zone fieald validity bit. */
+	uint8_t state_valid:1; /**< state fieald validity bit. */
+	uint8_t user_data_size; /**< user_data buffer size. */
+	uint8_t *user_data; /**< Arbitrary user data. */
+};
+
 /**
  * Matching pattern item definition.
  *
@@ -2132,6 +2186,15 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type {
 	 * see enum RTE_ETH_EVENT_FLOW_AGED
 	 */
 	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_AGE,
+
+	/**
+	 * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SFT
+	 *
+	 * Set SFT context and redirect to continue processing.
+	 *
+	 * See struct rte_flow_action_sft.
+	 */
+	RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SFT,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2721,6 +2784,27 @@ rte_flow_dynf_metadata_set(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t v)
 	*RTE_FLOW_DYNF_METADATA(m) = v;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this structure may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SFT
+ *
+ * Attaches an SFT context (see struct rte_flow_item_sft) to packet.
+ *
+ * Performs lookup by *zone* and 5-tuple in SFT; if entry found the related SFT
+ * context will be attached othervise default SFT context attached (see
+ * 'SFT default context' in struct rte_flow_item_sft description).
+ * Adding action of type ``SFT`` to the list of rule actions may impose
+ * limitations on other rule actions added to the list, depending on specific
+ * PMD implementation.
+ *
+ * For 5-tuple, zone & SFT definitions see `struct rte_flow_item_sft`.
+ */
+struct rte_flow_action_sft {
+	uint32_t zone; /**< Zone for lookup in SFT */
+};
+
 /*
  * Definition of a single action.
  *
-- 
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