On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 02:18:39PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >From Mark,
>
> This series exposes the ability to create flow actions which can
> mutate packet headers. We do that by exposing two new verbs:
> * modify header - can change existing packet headers. packet
> * reformat - can encapsulate or decapsulate a packet.
> Once created a flow action must be attached to a steering
> rule for it to take effect.
>
> The first 10 patches refactor mlx5_core code, rename internal structures
> to better reflect their operation and export needed functions so the
> RDMA side can allocate the action.
>
> The last 5 patches expose via the IOCTL infrastructure mlx5_ib methods
> which do the actual allocation of resources and return an handle to the
> user. A user of this API is expected to know how to work with the
> device's spec as the input to those function is HW depended.
>
> An example usage of the modify header action is routing, A user can
> create an action which edits the L2 header and decrease the TTL.
>
> An example usage of the packet reformat action is VXLAN encap/decap
> which is done by the HW.
>
> Changelog:
> v0 -> v1:
> * Patch 1: Addressed Saeed's comments and simplified the logic.
> * Patch 2: Changed due to changes in patch 1.
>
> Split the 27 patch series into 3, this is the first one
> which just lets the user create flow action.
> Other than that styling fixes mainly in the RDMA patches
> to make sure 80 chars limit isn't exceeded.
>
> RFC -> v0:
> * Patch 1 a new patch which refactors the logic
> when getting a flow namespace.
> * Patch 2 was split into two.
> * Patch 3: Fixed a typo in commit message
> * Patch 5: Updated commit message
> * Patch 7: Updated commit message
> Renamed:
> - MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_PACKET_REFORMAT_ID to
> MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_PACKET_REFORMAT
> - packet_reformat_id to reformat_id in struct mlx5_flow_act
> - packet_reformat_id to encap_id in struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr
> - packet_reformat_id to encap_id in struct mlx5e_encap_entry
> - PACKET_REFORMAT to REFORMAT when printing trace points
> * Patch 9: Updated commit message
> Updated function declaration in mlx5_core.h, could of lead
> to compile error on bisection.
> * Patch 11: Disallow egress rules insertion when in switchdev mode
> * Patch 12: A new patch to deal with passing enum values using
> the IOCTL infrastructure.
> * Patch 13: Use new enum value attribute when passing enum
> mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_table_type
> * Patch 15: Don't set encap flags on flow tables if in switchdev mode
> * Patch 17: Use new enum value attribute when passing enum
> mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_table_type and enum
> mlx5_ib_uapi_flow_action_packet_reformat_type
> * Patch 19: Allow creation of both
> MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_ACTION_PACKET_REFORMAT_TYPE_L2_TO_L3_TUNNEL
> and MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_ACTION_PACKET_REFORMAT_TYPE_L3_TUNNEL_TO_L2
> packet
> reformat actions.
> * Patch 20: A new patch which allows attaching packet reformat
> actions to flow tables on NIC RX.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark Bloch (15):
> net/mlx5: Cleanup flow namespace getter switch logic
> net/mlx5: Add proper NIC TX steering flow tables support
> net/mlx5: Export modify header alloc/dealloc functions
> net/mlx5: Add support for more namespaces when allocating modify
> header
> net/mlx5: Break encap/decap into two separated flow table creation
> flags
> net/mlx5: Move header encap type to IFC header file
> {net, RDMA}/mlx5: Rename encap to reformat packet
> net/mlx5: Expose new packet reformat capabilities
> net/mlx5: Pass a namespace for packet reformat ID allocation
> net/mlx5: Export packet reformat alloc/dealloc functions
> RDMA/uverbs: Add UVERBS_ATTR_CONST_IN to the specs language
> RDMA/mlx5: Add a new flow action verb - modify header
> RDMA/uverbs: Add generic function to fill in flow action object
> RDMA/mlx5: Add new flow action verb - packet reformat
> RDMA/mlx5: Extend packet reformat verbs
>
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c | 23 ++
> .../infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c | 7 +-
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c | 6 +-
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c | 301 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 3 +
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h | 19 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c | 8 +-
> .../mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fs_tracepoint.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 51 ++--
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c | 2 +-
> .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c | 9 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c | 87 +++---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c | 73 +++--
> .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h | 12 +-
> include/linux/mlx5/device.h | 6 +
> include/linux/mlx5/fs.h | 20 +-
> include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h | 70 +++--
> include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h | 40 +++
> include/rdma/uverbs_std_types.h | 12 +
> include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_cmds.h | 18 ++
> include/uapi/rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h | 12 +
> 21 files changed, 638 insertions(+), 143 deletions(-)
This looks OK to me, can you make the shared commit please?
Thanks,
Jason
