| Message ID | 20210801102214.1566104-2-andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru (mailing list archive) |
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| Delegated to: | Thomas Monjalon |
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| Series | [1/2] ethdev: announce flow API action PORT_ID changes | expand |
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| ci/github-robot | success | github build: passed |
| ci/checkpatch | warning | coding style issues |
Hi Andrew, Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com> Best, Ori > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> > Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 1:22 PM
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 6e6413c89f..4d174c8952 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -163,3 +163,8 @@ Deprecation Notices clarification. Structure rte_flow_action_port_id will be extended to specify traffic direction to represented entity or ethdev port itself in DPDK 21.11. + +* ethdev: Flow API documentation is unclear if ethdev port used to create + a flow rule adds any implicit match criteria in the case of transfer rules. + The semantics will be clarified in DPDK 21.11 and it will require fixes in + drivers and applications which interpret it in a different way.
Transfer flow rules may be applied to traffic entering switch from many sources. There are flow API pattern items which allow to specify ingress port match criteria explicitly, but it is not documented if ethdev port used to create flow rule adds any implicit match criteria and how it coexists with explicit criterias. These aspects should be documented and drivers and applications which misuse it must be fixed. Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru> --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)