[v4,2/7] ethdev: allow meter color marker modification

Message ID 20220921021133.2982954-3-akozyrev@nvidia.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Andrew Rybchenko
Headers
Series ethdev: separate metering and marking from policing |

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Commit Message

Alexander Kozyrev Sept. 21, 2022, 2:11 a.m. UTC
  Extend modify_field Flow API with support of Meter Color Marker
modifications. It allows setting the packet's metadata to any
color marker: green, yellow or red. A user is able to specify
an initial packet color for Meter API or create simple Metering
and Marking flow rules based on his own coloring algorithm.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst | 1 +
 lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h                  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
index f6c02bb5e7..a7651f69ba 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@  New Features
 * **Extended Metering and Marking support in the Flow API.**
 
   * Added METER_COLOR item to match Color Marker set by a Meter.
+  * Added ability to set Color Marker via modify_field Flow API.
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
diff --git a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
index d49f5fd1b7..fddd47e7b5 100644
--- a/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
+++ b/lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h
@@ -3713,6 +3713,7 @@  enum rte_flow_field_id {
 	RTE_FLOW_FIELD_VALUE,		/**< Immediate value. */
 	RTE_FLOW_FIELD_IPV4_ECN,	/**< IPv4 ECN. */
 	RTE_FLOW_FIELD_IPV6_ECN,	/**< IPv6 ECN. */
+	RTE_FLOW_FIELD_METER_COLOR,	/**< Meter color marker. */
 };
 
 /**