[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/2] app/testpmd: support metadata as flow rule item

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Mon Oct 22 18:13:40 CEST 2018


On 10/21/2018 3:22 PM, Dekel Peled wrote:
> As described in [1], this series adds option to set metadata value
> as match pattern when creating a new flow rule.
> 
> This patch introduces additional options in testpmd commands:
> - New item type "meta" "data"
> - New per-port offload flag "match_metadata".
> 
> It also adds commands to configure the tx_metadata value to use:
> - New 'config' command takes a 32 bit value and stores it per port:
> 	port config <port_id> tx_metadata <value>
>   testpmd will add to any Tx packet sent from this port the metadata
>   value, and set ol_flags accordingly.
> - A matching 'show' command is added to read the configured value:
> 	port config <port_id> tx_metadata <value>
> 
> [1] "ethdev: support metadata as flow rule criteria"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp at mellanox.com>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>



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