[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] lib/librte_ether: new filter APIs definition

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 10:08 AM
> To: Wu, Jingjing
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] lib/librte_ether: new filter APIs definition
> 
> 2014-10-17 07:29, Jingjing Wu:
> > Define new APIs to support configure multi-kind filters using same APIs,
> > instead of creating each API set for each kind of filter.
> >  - rte_eth_dev_filter_supported
> >  - rte_eth_dev_filter_ctrl
> >
> > Filter types, operations, and structures are defined specifically
> > in new header file lib/librte_eth/rte_dev_ctrl.h.
> >
> > As to the implementation discussion, please refer to
> > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2014-September/005179.html
> [...]
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_eth_ctrl.h
> 
> Why this name? I think we can reserve this file for filtering API.
> So rte_eth_rx_filter.h would be more appropriate.
> 
> > +/**
> > + * All generic operations to filters
> > + */
> 
> rewording: "Generic operations on filters"
> Could you elaborate on "generic"? What would mean "specific"?
> 
> > +enum rte_filter_op {
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_NONE = 0,
> > +	/**< used to check whether the type filter is supported */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_ADD,      /**< add filter entry */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_UPDATE,   /**< update filter entry */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_DELETE,   /**< delete filter entry */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_FLUSH,    /**< flush all entries */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_GET,      /**< get filter entry */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_SET,      /**< configurations */
> > +	RTE_ETH_FILTER_OP_GET_INFO,
> 
> Could we remove "OP", except for OP_NONE and OP_MAX?

OP_NONE ==> NOP or NOOP perhaps?

/Bruce