[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: fail if requested offload is not supported

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 5/14/2018 8:51 AM, Shahaf Shuler wrote:
> Monday, May 14, 2018 10:36 AM, Andrew Rybchenko:
>> Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: fail if requested offload is not supported
>>
>> The series has fixes for problems discussed in [1].
>>
>> Basically it does not allow unsupported offloads to pass.
>>
>> If fixes regressions for PMDs which carefully check offloads before, but these
>> checks are removed now in favor of checks in ethdev.
>>
>> It may break applications which request some offload which is not supported
>> by underlying PMD, but does not actually used.
>>
>> Depending on discussion results it should be either dropped or applied.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdpd
>> k.org%2Fml%2Farchives%2Fdev%2F2018-
>> May%2F101261.html&data=02%7C01%7Cshahafs%40mellanox.com%7C9a572
>> e9d86b04c99854c08d5b96d75b5%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7
>> C0%7C0%7C636618802134607945&sdata=fQKCr%2FrFvakWVIFomy8iSD%2Bc
>> VtSie8mvgx63Qqgq690%3D&reserved=0
>>
>> v1 -> v2:
>>  - use IGNORE flag to separate old and new offload API cases on
>>    Tx queue setup and avoid expected errors if old API is used
>>    as suggested by Shahaf
>>  - remove convertion of rxmode bits on Rx queue setup since exactly
>>    these bits are removed
>>
>> Andrew Rybchenko (3):
>>   ethdev: fail configure if requested offload is not supported
>>   ethdev: fail if Tx queue offload is not supported
>>   ethdev: fail if Rx queue offload is not supported
>>
>>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> For the series -
> Acked-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>

Updated status of the set as deferred in patchwork, lets continue to work on
this after release.