netdev - Re: [bpf-next V4 PATCH 01/15] mlx5: basic XDP

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:36:54 +0200
From:   Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        BjörnTöpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        magnus.karlsson@...el.com
Cc:     eugenia@...lanox.com, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>, galp@...lanox.com,
        Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [bpf-next V4 PATCH 01/15] mlx5: basic XDP_REDIRECT forward
 support



On 22/03/2018 4:21 PM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> This implements basic XDP redirect support in mlx5 driver.
> 
> Notice that the ndo_xdp_xmit() is NOT implemented, because that API
> need some changes that this patchset is working towards.
> 
> The main purpose of this patch is have different drivers doing
> XDP_REDIRECT to show how different memory models behave in a cross
> driver world.
> 
> Update(pre-RFCv2 Tariq): Need to DMA unmap page before xdp_do_redirect,
> as the return API does not exist yet to to keep this mapped.
> 
> Update(pre-RFCv3 Saeed): Don't mix XDP_TX and XDP_REDIRECT flushing,
> introduce xdpsq.db.redirect_flush boolian.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h    |    1 +
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>