[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] mbuf: add Tx offloads for packet marking

[Nithin Dabilpuram]

At last it was suggested to use dynamic ol_flags in mbuf for this
feature. We decided to postpone this since it effects our fast path
performance.
You can remove it from the roadmap.

Thanks
Nithin

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 6:24 PM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
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> Please can you remind what was decided for this feature?
> I think I should remove it from the roadmap.
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> 17/04/2020 09:22, Nithin Dabilpuram:
> > From: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram at marvell.com>
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> > Introduce PKT_TX_MARK_IP_DSCP, PKT_TX_MARK_IP_ECN
> > and PKT_TX_MARK_VLAN_DEI Tx offload flags to support
> > packet marking.
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> > When packet marking feature in Traffic manager is enabled,
> > application has to the use the three new flags to indicate
> > to PMD on whether packet marking needs to be enabled on the
> > specific mbuf or not. By setting the three flags, it is
> > assumed by PMD that application has already verified the
> > applicability of marking on that specific packet and
> > PMD need not perform further checks as per RFC.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kanas <kkanas at marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram at marvell.com>
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