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

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Message-ID: <20180509024215.xnlajxrua7jluoon@ast-mbp>
Date:   Tue, 8 May 2018 19:42:16 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     daniel@...earbox.net, 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 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>