[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: refer to the supported Field IDs for modify field API

Alexander Kozyrev akozyrev at nvidia.com
Wed Mar 31 18:00:28 CEST 2021


Include the rte_flow_field_id enumeration reference into
the documentation to point to the full list of all supported
Field IDs available for the MODIFY_FIELD RTE action.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
index a1fdcd7c07..9fce58ea5e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
@@ -2777,6 +2777,7 @@ can be used as both source and destination fields as set by ``field``.
 The immediate value ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_VALUE`` (or a pointer to it
 ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_POINTER``) is allowed as a source only.
 ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_START`` is used to point to the beginning of a packet.
+See ``enum rte_flow_field_id`` for the list of supported fields.
 
 ``op`` selects the operation to perform on a destination field.
 - ``set`` copies the data from ``src`` field to ``dst`` field.
@@ -2810,12 +2811,15 @@ for ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_VALUE`` and ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_POINTER`` respectively.
 
 .. table:: MODIFY_FIELD
 
-   +-----------------------------------------+
+   +---------------+-------------------------+
    | Field         | Value                   |
    +===============+=========================+
    | ``op``        | operation to perform    |
+   +---------------+-------------------------+
    | ``dst``       | destination field       |
+   +---------------+-------------------------+
    | ``src``       | source field            |
+   +---------------+-------------------------+
    | ``width``     | number of bits to use   |
    +---------------+-------------------------+
 
@@ -2823,12 +2827,15 @@ for ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_VALUE`` and ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_POINTER`` respectively.
 
 .. table:: destination/source field definition
 
-   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   +---------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | Field         | Value                                                    |
    +===============+==========================================================+
    | ``field``     | ID: packet field, mark, meta, tag, immediate, pointer    |
+   +---------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``level``     | encapsulation level of a packet field or tag array index |
+   +---------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``offset``    | number of bits to skip at the beginning                  |
+   +---------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``value``     | immediate value or a pointer to this value               |
    +---------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
 
-- 
2.24.1



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