[RFC v2 05/12] mbuf: add dynamic flag for use by port mirroring

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Wed Jul 9 19:33:31 CEST 2025


Add names for new port mirror fields.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h
index 865c90f579..72a31b22b3 100644
--- a/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h
+++ b/lib/mbuf/rte_mbuf_dyn.h
@@ -327,6 +327,15 @@ int rte_mbuf_dyn_tx_timestamp_register(int *field_offset, uint64_t *tx_flag);
 #define RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD_IP_REASSEMBLY_NAME "rte_dynfield_ip_reassembly"
 #define RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_IP_REASSEMBLY_INCOMPLETE_NAME "rte_dynflag_ip_reassembly_incomplete"
 
+/**
+ * The ethdev port mirror needs some extra packet information that
+ * includes information about the packet before it was copied to the mirror.
+ */
+#define RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD_MIRROR_ORIGIN "rte_dynfield_mirror_origin"
+#define RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_MIRROR_ORIGIN  "rte_dynflag_mirror_origin"
+#define RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_MIRROR_INGRESS "rte_dynflag_mirror_ingress"
+#define RTE_MBUF_DYNFLAG_MIRROR_EGRESS "rte_dynflag_mirror_egress"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
-- 
2.47.2



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