[dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/2] doc/guides/prog_guide: add new flow attribute

Mcnamara, John john.mcnamara at intel.com
Tue May 16 11:11:27 CEST 2017



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> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Qi Zhang
> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2017 8:50 PM
> To: adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/2] doc/guides/prog_guide: add new flow
> attribute
> 
> Update the programming guide for the new attribute of rte_flow
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
> index b587ba9..5207eec 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
> @@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ directions. At least one direction must be specified.
>  Specifying both directions at once for a given rule is not recommended
> but  may be valid in a few cases (e.g. shared counters).
> 
> +Attribute: Match hint
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +This is a attribute to hint different pattern match accuracy.
> +
> +Perfect match:
> +- Actions will be taken if input packet's pattern matches flow's pattern.
> +
> +Signature match:
> +- Actions will be taken if the signature of input packet's pattern
> +matches
> +  the signature of flow's pattern.
> +

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