[PATCH v3 1/3] ethdev: add strict queue to pre-configuration flow hints

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 10/19/22 17:49, Michael Baum wrote:
> The data-path focused flow rule management can manage flow rules in more
> optimized way than traditional one by using hints provided by
> application in initialization phase.
> 
> In addition to the current hints we have in port attr, more hints could
> be provided by application about its behaviour.
> 
> One example is how the application do with the same flow rule ?
> A. create/destroy flow on same queue but query flow on different queue
>     or queue-less way (i.e, counter query)
> B. All flow operations will be exactly on the same queue, by which PMD
>     could be in more optimized way then A because resource could be
>     isolated and access based on queue, without lock, for example.
> 
> This patch add flag about above situation and could be extended to cover
> more situations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Baum <michaelba at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>