[PATCH 1/2] common/sfc_efx/base: allow to request MAE mark reset action

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at amd.com
Fri Mar 10 16:46:54 CET 2023


On 3/10/2023 2:20 PM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
> On 3/9/23 07:28, Ivan Malov wrote:
>> Previously, DPDK sfc driver received support for tunnel
>> offload. In it, MAE needs to set intermediate mark from
>> an outer rule (OR) recirculation ID in order to help
>> the driver identify packets that hit the OR but miss
>> on action rule (AR) lookup. But, for packets that do
>> hit an AR, the driver wants to reset this mark so
>> that the end receiver of traffic does not see it.
>>
>> The driver has a call to request such mark reset,
>> but it does not work as it comes via the regular
>> mark populate API, which must not be invoked
>> after final delivery action has been added.
>>
>> Provide a suitable dedicated API for that.
>>
>> Fixes: 3a73dcfdb255 ("common/sfc_efx/base: match on recirc ID in
>> action rules")
>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov at arknetworks.am>
>> Reviewed-by: Andy Moreton <amoreton at xilinx.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru>
> 
> 

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.


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