netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Add support for IPv6 CFP rules

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Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:35:56 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
        davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Add support for IPv6 CFP
 rules

On 10/20/2017 02:34 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This patch series adds support for matching IPv6 addresses to the existing CFP
> support code. Because IPv6 addresses are four times bigger than IPv4, we can
> fit them anymore in a single slice, so we need to chain two in order to have
> a complete match. This makes us require a second bitmap tracking unique rules
> so we don't over populate the TCAM.
> 
> Finally, because the code had to be re-organized, it became a lot easier to
> support arbitrary prefix/mask lengths, so the last two patches do just that.

Grr, of course I forgot to sanitize the patches for upstream inclusion,
I will resend that in a short while, sorry about that.

> 
> Florian Fainelli (7):
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Use existing shift/masks
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Move IPv4 CFP processing to specific functions
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Make UDF slices more configurable
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Simplify bcm_sf2_cfp_rule_get_all()
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Add support for IPv6 CFP rules
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Allow matching arbitrary IPv4 mask lengths
>   net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Allow matching arbitrary IPv6 masks/lengths
> 
>  drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c      |    1 +
>  drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.h      |    1 +
>  drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_cfp.c  | 1196 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_regs.h |   15 +-
>  4 files changed, 935 insertions(+), 278 deletions(-)
> 


-- 
Florian