[PATCH v3 0/5] support flow subscription

[Zhang, Qi Z]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at xilinx.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 6:57 PM
> To: Wang, Jie1X <jie1x.wang at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Yang, Qiming <qiming.yang at intel.com>; Zhang, Qi Z
> <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Yang, SteveX <stevex.yang at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] support flow subscription
> 
> On 8/30/2022 7:05 PM, Jie Wang wrote:
> > Add support AVF can be able to subscribe a flow from PF.
> >
> 
> Hi Jie,
> 
> Can you please provide more details, what does subscribing a flow from PF
> mean?

The answer is in patch 1/5's commit log which would be better in cover letter also :)

> 
> Thanks,
> ferruh
> 
> > --
> > v3:
> >   * fix eth layer inputset.
> >   * rebase.
> > v2:
> >   * split v1 patch 2/2 to 4 small patches.
> >   * remove rule action RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VF and add
> >     RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT.
> >
> > Jie Wang (5):
> >    common/iavf: support flow subscription
> >    net/iavf: add flow subscription to AVF
> >    net/iavf: support flow subscrption pattern
> >    net/iavf: support flow subscription rule
> >    net/iavf: support priority of flow rule
> >
> >   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst |   4 +
> >   drivers/common/iavf/virtchnl.h         | 104 +++-
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf.h                |  13 +
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_fdir.c           |   4 +
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_fsub.c           | 745 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.c   |  40 +-
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_generic_flow.h   |   2 +
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_hash.c           |   5 +
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ipsec_crypto.c   |  16 +-
> >   drivers/net/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c          | 133 +++++
> >   drivers/net/iavf/meson.build           |   1 +
> >   11 files changed, 1046 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >   create mode 100644 drivers/net/iavf/iavf_fsub.c
> >