[PATCH v8 00/10] ethdev: datapath-focused flow rules management

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 2/22/2022 4:41 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 2/20/2022 3:43 AM, Alexander Kozyrev wrote:
>> Three major changes to a generic RTE Flow API were implemented in order
>> to speed up flow rule insertion/destruction and adapt the API to the
>> needs of a datapath-focused flow rules management applications:
>>
>> 1. Pre-configuration hints.
>> Application may give us some hints on what type of resources are needed.
>> Introduce the configuration routine to prepare all the needed resources
>> inside a PMD/HW before any flow rules are created at the init stage.
>>
>> 2. Flow grouping using templates.
>> Use the knowledge about which flow rules are to be used in an application
>> and prepare item and action templates for them in advance. Group flow rules
>> with common patterns and actions together for better resource management.
>>
>> 3. Queue-based flow management.
>> Perform flow rule insertion/destruction asynchronously to spare the datapath
>> from blocking on RTE Flow API and allow it to continue with packet processing.
>> Enqueue flow rules operations and poll for the results later.
>>
>> testpmd examples are part of the patch series. PMD changes will follow.
>>
>> RFC:https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/cover/20211006044835.3936226-1-akozyrev@nvidia.com/
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev<akozyrev at nvidia.com>
>> Acked-by: Ori Kam<orika at nvidia.com>
>> Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde<ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> 
> Since these are new APIs and won't impact existing code, I think
> can be OK to get with -rc2, only concern may be testing.
> 
> @Andrew, can you please review this version too, if it is good
> for you, we can proceed.

And this supposed to be a reply to v9, please review it:
https://patches.dpdk.org/user/todo/dpdk/?series=21774