[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] Add toeplitz hash algorithm used by RSS
Richardson, Bruce
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Fri Jun 19 17:59:35 CEST 2015
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Vladimir Medvedkin
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 3:56 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] Add toeplitz hash algorithm used by RSS
>
> v4 changes
> - Fix copyright
> - rename bswap_mask constant, add rte_ prefix
> - change rte_ipv[46]_tuple struct
> - change rte_thash_load_v6_addr prototype
>
> v3 changes
> - Rework API to be more generic
> - Add sctp_tag into tuple
>
> v2 changes
> - Add ipv6 support
> - Various style fixes
>
Missing signoff line.
> ---
> lib/librte_hash/Makefile | 1 +
> lib/librte_hash/rte_thash.h | 202
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 203 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 lib/librte_hash/rte_thash.h
>
<...snip...>
> +
> +/* Byte swap mask used for converting IPv6 address 4-byte chunks to CPU
> byte order */
> +static const __m128i rte_thash_ipv6_bswap_mask = {0x0405060700010203,
> 0x0C0D0E0F08090A0B};
> +
> +#define RTE_THASH_V4_L3 2 /*calculate hash of ipv4 header only*/
> +#define RTE_THASH_V4_L4 3 /*calculate hash of ipv4 + transport
> headers*/
> +#define RTE_THASH_V6_L3 8 /*calculate hash of ipv6 header only
> */
> +#define RTE_THASH_V6_L4 9 /*calculate hash of ipv6 + transport
> headers */
I'm still not seeing why these values need to be defined here, rather than in a specific app.
Also, the choice of values for these defines seems strange to me? How were they chosen?
/Bruce
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