[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/7] net/qede: refactor filtering code

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Thu Dec 8 17:45:00 CET 2016


On 12/3/2016 2:43 AM, Harish Patil wrote:
> The filter_config in qed_eth_ops_pass is a wrapper call driving all the
> filtering configuration. This requires defining multiple structures and
> passing different function arguments for each filter type which is
> unnecessary. So as part of this refactoring we remove filter_config from
> qed_eth_ops_pass and invoke base apis directly. Another change is to
> use a singly list for unicast/multicast macs and thereby prevent duplicate

singly linked list?

> entries.
> 
> This change is primarily intended to support future tunneling support
> which makes use of existing L2 filtering/classifications.
> 
> Fixes: 2ea6f76a ("qede: add core driver")

What is fixed in this patch, isn't it a refactor?

btw, all Fixes formats are wrong in the patchset, can you please use the
git alias provided:
http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/patches.html#commit-messages-body

> 
> Signed-off-by: Harish Patil <harish.patil at qlogic.com>
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