[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/4] net/tap: support flow API

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Mar 15, 2017, at 9:54 AM, Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> 
> This series add support for the flow API in tap PMD.
> 
> It enables filtering specific packets incoming on the tap netdevice, to
> process only desired ones. Under the hood, it uses kernel TC (traffic
> control), which takes place very early in the stack, and supports most
> common pattern items and actions defined in the flow API.
> 
> This series applies on top of:
> 
>  [PATCH 0/6] net/tap: add additional management ops
> 
> v2 changes:
>  - support compilation on kernels < 4.2 (where flower support appeared)
>  - set whitespaces in tap.h
>  - remove unnecessary goto
> 
> v3 changes:
>  - vlan patterns enabled depending on running kernel (4.9+)
>  - update doc/guides/nics/tap.rst for Flow API support
>  - rebase on top of "net/tap: add additional management ops" series
> 
> v4 changes:
>  - rebase on top of "net/tap: add additional management ops" series
>  - fix a few netlink doxygen comments
>  - rename tap.h -> rte_eth_tap.h
>  - flush flow rules only when applicable
> 
> v5 changes:
>  - rebase after adrien's patches on Tx poll and Rx signaling
>  - better spaces for comments in rte_eth_tap.h
> 
> Pascal Mazon (4):
>  net/tap: move private elements to external header
>  net/tap: add preliminary support for rte_flow
>  net/tap: add netlink back-end for flow API
>  net/tap: add basic flow API patterns and actions
> 
> doc/guides/nics/features/tap.ini |    1 +
> doc/guides/nics/tap.rst          |   23 +
> drivers/net/tap/Makefile         |   44 ++
> drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c    |  101 ++--
> drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.h    |   80 +++
> drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c       | 1078 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h       |   58 ++
> drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c    |  367 +++++++++++++
> drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h    |   69 +++
> drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.c     |  378 +++++++++++++
> drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.h     |   63 +++
> 11 files changed, 2227 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.h
> 
> -- 
> 2.8.0.rc0
> 

Going to Ack the series, but I am not an expert on flows. The only thing I saw was the missing C++ ifdefs in the headers, if that is required, then you can send that update in a new patch instead of reissuing this one, unless you want.

Acked-by: Keith.Wiles <keith.wiles at intel.com> for the series.

Regards,
Keith