Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] net: mvpp2: cls: Allow steering based on vlan tag

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Jun 18 2019 - 22:31:56 EST


From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:55:15 +0200

> The PPv2 classifier can perform flow steering based on keys extracted
> from the VLAN tag. This series adds support for using the vlan id and
> the vlan prio as keys, using the ethtool interface.
>
> Patch 1 is a preparatory patch that prevent false-positive matches,
> using a dedicated lookup id for the RSS C2 lookup.
>
> Patch 2 allows to separate the flows based on the header fields they
> contain. The main goal is to be able to separate tagged traffic from
> untagged traffic for flow steering, just as we already do for RSS.
>
> Patch 3 solves an issue we have when extracting fields that aren't full
> bytes, such as the vlan tag which is 12 bits wide, or the priority which
> is 3 bits wide.
>
> Finally, patch 4 adds support for steering based on both vlan id and
> priority, extracted from the outermost tag.

Series applied, thanks.