[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for cloud filter

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Fri Jan 20 15:57:28 CET 2017


2017-01-20 02:14, Lu, Wenzhuo:
> Hi Adrien, Thomas, Yong,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Adrien Mazarguil
> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 2:46 AM
> > To: Thomas Monjalon
> > Cc: Liu, Yong; dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change for cloud filter
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:06:34AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 2017-01-19 13:34, Yong Liu:
> > > > +* ABI changes are planned for 17.05: structure
> > > > +``rte_eth_tunnel_filter_conf``
> > > > +  will be extended with a new member ``vf_id`` in order to enable
> > > > +cloud filter
> > > > +  on VF device.
> > >
> > > I think we should stop rely on this API, and migrate to rte_flow instead.
> > > Adrien any thought?
> > 
> > I'm all for using rte_flow in any case. I've already documented an approach to
> > convert TUNNEL filter rules to rte_flow rules [1], although it may be
> > incomplete due to my limited experience with this filter type. We already
> > know several tunnel item types must be added (currently only VXLAN is
> > defined).
> > 
> > I understand ixgbe/i40e currently map rte_flow on top of the legacy
> > framework, therefore extending this structure might still be needed in the
> > meantime. Not sure we should prevent this change as long as such rules can be
> > configured through rte_flow as well.
> > 
> > [1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.html#tunnel-to-eth-ipv4-
> > ipv6-vxlan-or-other-queue
> The problem is we haven't finished transferring all the functions from the regular filters to the generic filters. 
> For example, igb, fm10k and enic haven't support generic filters yet. Ixgbe and i40e have supported the basic functions, but some advance features are not transferred to generic filters yet.
> Seems it's not the time to remove the regular filters. Yong, I suggest to support both generic filter and regular filter in parallel.
> So, we need to announce ABI change for the regular filter, until someday we remove the regular filter API. 

I disagree.
There is a new API framework (rte_flow) and we must focus on this transition.
It means we must stop any work on the legacy API.


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