[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: fix eth pattern parsing

Iremonger, Bernard bernard.iremonger at intel.com
Tue Apr 4 14:52:23 CEST 2017


Hi Ferruh,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigit, Ferruh
> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 1:40 PM
> To: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org;
> Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>
> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/i40e: fix eth pattern parsing
> 
> On 4/3/2017 5:14 PM, Bernard Iremonger wrote:
> > Handle the following eth patterns:
> > eth dst spec aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
> > eth dst mask ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > eth src spec aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
> > eth src mask ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >
> > Fixes: d46e85af6b5c ("net/i40e: parse QinQ pattern")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c
> > b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c index 9f541eaff..3fcd31036 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_flow.c
> > @@ -1772,7 +1772,8 @@ i40e_flow_parse_qinq_pattern(__rte_unused
> struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
> >  		case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH:
> >  			eth_spec = (const struct rte_flow_item_eth *)item-
> >spec;
> >  			eth_mask = (const struct rte_flow_item_eth *)item-
> >mask;
> > -			if (eth_spec && eth_mask) {
> > +			if ((eth_spec && eth_mask) ||
> > +			    (eth_spec || eth_mask)) {
> 
> Is this check requires both spec and mask to be all zeros? If this is the real
> intention, can you please add a comment above check to clarify it.

Yes , the intention is to only except the "eth" key word, I will send a v2.

> 
> Also other i40e_flow_parse_xxx_pattern() functions has function comment
> to describe expected/valid pattern for the flow rule.
> i40e_flow_parse_qinq_pattern() is missing that function comment. Would
> you mind adding it, which helps to validate implementation against intention.

Yes , I will describe valid patterns for the flow rule in a separate patch. 
 
> Thanks,
> ferruh
> 
> >  				rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> >
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
> >  						   item,
> >
Regards,

Bernard.



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