[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/4] common/iavf: add proto hdr field support for L4 checksum

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 8/17/2021 8:16 AM, Haiyue Wang wrote:
> From: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang at intel.com>
> 
> Add TCP/UDP/SCTP header checksum field selectors.
> 

Hi Alvin, Haiyue,

Can you please describe a little more, what is the impact of adding proto hdr
checksum field selector?

Is this also something related to the flow director as other patches in this set?

Thanks,
ferruh

> Signed-off-by: Alvin Zhang <alvinx.zhang at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/common/iavf/virtchnl.h | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/common/iavf/virtchnl.h b/drivers/common/iavf/virtchnl.h
> index 9fa5e3e891..c56c668cff 100644
> --- a/drivers/common/iavf/virtchnl.h
> +++ b/drivers/common/iavf/virtchnl.h
> @@ -1598,14 +1598,17 @@ enum virtchnl_proto_hdr_field {
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_TCP_SRC_PORT =
>  		PROTO_HDR_FIELD_START(VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_TCP),
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_TCP_DST_PORT,
> +	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_TCP_CHKSUM,
>  	/* UDP */
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_UDP_SRC_PORT =
>  		PROTO_HDR_FIELD_START(VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_UDP),
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_UDP_DST_PORT,
> +	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_UDP_CHKSUM,
>  	/* SCTP */
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_SCTP_SRC_PORT =
>  		PROTO_HDR_FIELD_START(VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_SCTP),
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_SCTP_DST_PORT,
> +	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_SCTP_CHKSUM,
>  	/* GTPU_IP */
>  	VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_GTPU_IP_TEID =
>  		PROTO_HDR_FIELD_START(VIRTCHNL_PROTO_HDR_GTPU_IP),
>