netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] cxgb4: add support to offload tc flower

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:56:57 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@...lsio.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kumaras@...lsio.com,
        ganeshgr@...lsio.com, nirranjan@...lsio.com, indranil@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] cxgb4: add support to offload tc flower

Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 09:33:33AM CEST, rahul.lakkireddy@...lsio.com wrote:
>This series of patches add support to offload tc flower onto Chelsio
>NICs.
>
>Patch 1 adds basic skeleton to prepare for offloading tc flower flows.
>
>Patch 2 adds support to add/remove flows for offload.  Flows can have
>accompanying masks.  Following match and action are currently supported
>for offload:
>Match:  ether-protocol, IPv4/IPv6 addresses, L4 ports (TCP/UDP)
>Action: drop, redirect to another port on the device.
>
>Patch 3 adds support to offload tc-flower flows having
>vlan actions: pop, push, and modify.
>
>Patch 4 adds support to fetch stats for the offloaded tc flower flows
>from hardware.
>
>Support for offloading more match and action types are to be followed
>in subsequent series.

Looks good to me. Thanks!