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

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/8/2023 1:33 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Can you please apply Andrew's ack to each commit for next version?