netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] nfp: bpf: add programmable RSS support

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Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 18:09:29 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] nfp: bpf: add programmable RSS support

On 05/09/2018 04:42 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 07:37:05PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> This small series adds a feature which extends BPF offload beyond
>> a pure host processing offload and firmly into the realm of
>> heterogeneous processing.  Allowing offloaded XDP programs to set
>> the RX queue index opens the door for defining fully programmable
>> RSS/n-tuple filter replacement.  In fact the device datapath will
>> skip the RSS processing completely if BPF decided on the queue
>> already, making the XDP program replace part of the standard NIC
>> datapath.
> 
> Absolutely love it!
> Huge feature enabled by such tiny diff.
> 
> For the set:
> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>

Second that! Applied to bpf-next, thanks Jakub!