[PATCH v4] ethdev: deprecate header fields and metadata flow actions
Olivier Matz
olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Fri Nov 26 15:52:28 CET 2021
On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 02:06:23PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 26/11/2021 13:53, Ferruh Yigit:
> > On 11/26/2021 9:51 AM, Viacheslav Ovsiienko wrote:
> > > The generic RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD action was
> > > introduced by [1]. This action provides an unified way
> > > to perform various arithmetic and transfer operations over
> > > packet network header fields and packet metadata.
> > >
> > > [1] commit 641dbe4fb053 ("net/mlx5: support modify field flow action")
> > >
> > > On other side there are a bunch of multiple legacy actions,
> > > that can be superseded by the generic MODIFY_FIELD action:
> > >
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_SET_MPLS_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_DEC_MPLS_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_SET_NW_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_DEC_NW_TTL sfc
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_COPY_TTL_OUT
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_COPY_TTL_IN
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_SRC bnxt, cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_DST bnxt, cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_SRC cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_DST cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TP_SRC cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TP_DST cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DEC_TTL mlx5, sfc
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TTL mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_DST cxgbe, mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INC_TCP_SEQ mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DEC_TCP_SEQ mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INC_TCP_ACK mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DEC_TCP_ACK mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_DSCP mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_DSCP mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_SET_VLAN_VID bnxt, cnxk, cxgbe, enic,
> > > mlx5, octeontx2, sfc
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP bnxt, cnxk, cxgbe, enic,
> > > mlx5, octeontx2, sfc
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TAG mlx5
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_META mlx5
> > >
> > > This note deprecates the following RTE Flow actions,
> > > as not supported by any of PMDs:
> > >
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_SET_MPLS_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_DEC_MPLS_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_SET_NW_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_COPY_TTL_OUT
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_COPY_TTL_IN
> > >
> > > The following actions are supposed to be deprecated in 22.07
> > > and replaced by generic field modify action:
> > >
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_DEC_NW_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_SRC
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_DST
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_SRC
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_DST
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TP_SRC
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TP_DST
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DEC_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TTL
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_DST
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INC_TCP_SEQ
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DEC_TCP_SEQ
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INC_TCP_ACK
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DEC_TCP_ACK
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV4_DSCP
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_IPV6_DSCP
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_TAG
> > > RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_META
> > >
> > > The VLAN set actions are interrelated to VLAN header insertion/removal
> > > and supported by multiple PMDs and widely used by applications and
> > > not supposed to be deprecated due to potential large impact on
> > > drivers and applications.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko<viacheslavo at nvidia.com>
> >
> > Thanks for the update,
> > Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> >
> >
> > We need to follow with relevant PMD maintainers to switch to new
> > 'MODIFY_FIELD' action till end of v22.07 release.
>
> Yes I would like to see them replying here, but seems some are not watching.
> I don't want to block this interesting deprecation plan,
> so I will merge if few more maintainers involved in ethdev give their ack.
>
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
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