[PATCH v4 00/34] net/sfc: support HW conntrack assistance

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 6/7/23 16:02, Ivan Malov wrote:
> On EF100 hardware, match-action engine (MAE) can be equipped
> with an assistance table for connection tracking (CT). In it,
> an entry key is a set of exact match fields: an EtherType, a
> pair of IP addresses, a L4 protocol ID and a pair of L4 port
> numbers. An entry response can provide matching packets with
> a mark value and additional data to be plumbed to NAT action.
> In addition, an update to mark-and-sweep counter can be done.
> 
> This table was designed with larger capacity in mind,
> so moving the above match criteria out of an action
> rule (AR) specification to a CT entry increases the
> likelihood of reusing AR entries and improves the
> total flow engine capacity. Make use of that.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> * Found and fixed my own mistake in [15/34]
> * Fixed [16/34] as per 0-day robot report
> * Added missing release notes to [27/34]
> * Added missing release notes to [30/34]
> 
> Changes in v3:
> * Fixed release notes in [27/34]
> * Rebased on dpdk to fix CI
> 
> Changes in v4:
> * Applied review notes in [05/34], [08/34], [09/34] and [10/34].

My ack from the previous version is lost.