[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: convert meta register to big-endian

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 5:46 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>; Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: convert meta register to big-endian
> 
> Metadata is stored in the CPU order (little-endian format on x86),
> while all the packet header fields are stored in the network order.
> That leads to the wrong results whenever we try to use the metadata
> value in the modify_field actions: bytes are swapped as a result.
> 
> Convert the metadata into the big-endian format before storing it
> in the Mellanox NIC to achieve consistent behaviour.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>

Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh