[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mbuf: fix to update documentation of QinQ stripped bit interpretation

[Somnath Kotur]

Certain hardware may be able to strip and/or save only the outermost
VLAN instead of both the VLANs in the mbuf in a QinQ scenario.
To handle such cases, we could re-interpret setting of just
PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED to indicate that only the outermost VLAN has
been stripped and saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer.
Only When both PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set, the 2
VLANs have been stripped by the hardware and their TCI are saved in
mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).

Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur at broadcom.com>
---
 lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
index 9a8557d..db1070b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_core.h
@@ -124,12 +124,19 @@
 #define PKT_RX_FDIR_FLX      (1ULL << 14)
 
 /**
- * The 2 vlans have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are
- * saved in mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
+ * The outer vlan has been stripped by the hardware and their tci are
+ * saved in mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
  * This can only happen if vlan stripping is enabled in the RX
  * configuration of the PMD.
- * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED is set, the flags (PKT_RX_VLAN |
- * PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED | PKT_RX_QINQ) must also be set.
+ * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED is set, the flags (PKT_RX_VLAN |  PKT_RX_QINQ)
+ * must also be set.
+ * When both PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set, the 2 vlans
+ * have been stripped by the hardware and their tci are saved in
+ * mbuf->vlan_tci (inner) and mbuf->vlan_tci_outer (outer).
+ * This can only happen if vlan stripping is enabled in the RX configuration
+ * of the PMD.
+ * When PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED and PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED are set,
+ * (PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_QINQ) must also be set.
  */
 #define PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED (1ULL << 15)
 
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