[PATCH v5 0/3] iavf: LLDP ptype and AVX2 ctx paths

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 09:16:06AM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> This series adds another way to detect LLDP packets in the Tx paths
> of the iavf PMD, which is based on the mbuf packet type field. This is
> in addition to the existing method of using a dynamic field. The series
> also adds new AVX2 context descriptor Tx paths that support LLDP. Finally,
> a deprecation notice is added to the documentation to flag that the
> dynamic mbuf field method of LLDP packet detection will be removed in a
> future release.
> 
> Patch 1 flags "CHECK:MACRO_ARG_REUSE" in checkpatch for the
> IAVF_CHECK_TX_LLDP macro. This is a false positive because the inputs to
> the macro are not reused in a way that would cause issues.
> 
> v5:
> * Updated the documentation
> * Made the "lldp mode" per-device rather than a global value. This is
> necessary because the devarg is per-device unlike the global dynfield.
> The mode is added to the iavf-specific flags in the ci_tx_queue struct
> so that it can be read for each device on the datapath.
> 
> Ciara Loftus (3):
>   net/iavf: support LLDP Tx via mbuf ptype or dynfield
>   net/iavf: add AVX2 context descriptor Tx paths
>   doc: announce change to LLDP packet detection in iavf PMD
> 
Series-Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel.

Thanks,
/Bruce