[PATCH v2 2/2] net/hns3: add FDIR VLAN match mode runtime config

Dongdong Liu liudongdong3 at huawei.com
Wed Jun 28 04:59:42 CEST 2023


Hi Thomas

Many thanks for your review.

On 2023/6/28 7:12, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 27/06/2023 09:11, Dongdong Liu:
>> +- ``fdir_vlan_match_mode`` (default `strict`)
>> +
>> +  Used to select VLAN match mode. This runtime config can be `strict`
>> +  or `nostrict` and is only valid for PF drives.
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> drives? Do you mean devices?
for PF devices, will fix.
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>> +  If driver works on `strict` mode (default mode), hardware does strictly
>> +  match the input flow base on VLAN number.
>> +
>> +  For the following scenarios with two rules:
>> +
>> +  .. code-block:: console
>> +
>> +    rule0:
>> +      pattern: eth type is 0x0806
>> +      actions: queue index 3
>> +    rule1:
>> +      pattern: eth type is 0x0806 / vlan vid is 20
>> +      actions: queue index 4
>> +
>> +  If application select `strict` mode, only the ARP packets with VLAN
>> +  20 are directed to queue 4, and the ARP packets with other VLAN ID
>> +  cannot be directed to the specified queue. If application want to all
>> +  ARP packets with or without VLAN to be directed to the specified queue,
>> +  application can select `nostrict` mode and just need to set rule0.
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> As it is done in the rest of the document, you should use double backquotes
> for values of the devargs.
Good point, will fix.

Thanks,
Dongdong.
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