[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/4] ethdev: add shared counter support to rte_flow

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/27/2018 1:25 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 4/26/2018 7:55 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>> 26/04/2018 19:29, Declan Doherty:
>>> Add rte_flow_action_count action data structure to enable shared
>>> counters across multiple flows on a single port or across multiple
>>> flows on multiple ports within the same switch domain. Also this enables
>>> multiple count actions to be specified in a single flow action.
>>>
>>> This patch also modifies the existing rte_flow_query API to take the
>>> rte_flow_action structure as an input parameter instead of the
>>> rte_flow_action_type enumeration to allow querying a specific action
>>> from a flow rule when multiple actions of the same type are specified.
>>>
>>> This patch also contains updates for the bonding, failsafe and mlx5 PMDs
>>> and testpmd application which are affected by this API change.
>>
>> The API changes must be notified in the release notes (there is a section
>> for API changes).
> 
> Hi Declan,
> 
> If you can send the update as a separate patch, I can squash it in next-net.

Thanks Declan, following addition squashed into related commit:

* ethdev: change flow APIs regarding count action:
  * ``rte_flow_create()`` API count action now requires the ``struct
rte_flow_action_count``.
  * ``rte_flow_query()`` API parameter changed from action type to action structure.