On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 12:51:30PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > This series is based on previously sent "Flow actions to mutate packets" > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-rdma/list/?series=12117 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >From Mark, > > This series adds the ability to attach recently added flow actions to > flow steering rules: > - modify header > - packet reformat > > In order to attach a flow action to a steering rule user first needs > to create a flow action and then he should pass it as a spec during the > ibv_create_flow() call. > > Flow actions can be used when not operating in none SR-iOV environment > where the PF is connected to a software switch and we want to offload > some operation to be done by the hardware. With those feature we can > support vxlan encap/decap, NAT, routing, etc without the need to use > E-Switch/SR-iOV configuration. > > Patch 1 - When moving to/from switchdeev mode we need to update > the capabilities reported by the FW as those may change as we may create > a flow table with encap/decap support in the FDB. > > Patch 2 - Exposes NIC TX steering table so a user can create an egress > steering rule. > > Patches 3, 5 and 7 - add the ability to pass flow action as a argument > when using verbs API to create steering rules. > > Patches 4 and 6 - Tweak the creation of the NIC RX/TX flow tables so > steering rule which do packet reformat/decap actions can be inserted > into them. > > Thanks > > Mark Bloch (6): > RDMA/mlx5: Add NIC TX steering support > RDMA/mlx5: Enable attaching modify header to steering flows > RDMA/mlx5: Enable decap and packet reformat on flow tables > RDMA/mlx5: Enable attaching DECAP action to steering flows > RDMA/mlx5: Enable reformat on NIC RX if supported > RDMA/mlx5: Enable attaching packet reformat action to steering flows Applied to for-next, thanks Jason
