netdev - Re: [patch net-next v4 01/10] flow_offload: Introduce offload of HW stats type

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Message-ID: <1b7ddf97-5626-e58c-0468-eae83ad020b3@solarflare.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 Mar 2020 16:52:16 +0000
From:   Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        <leon@...nel.org>, <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        <vishal@...lsio.com>, <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        <idosch@...lanox.com>, <aelior@...vell.com>,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v4 01/10] flow_offload: Introduce offload of HW
 stats type

On 07/03/2020 11:40, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>
> Initially, pass "ANY" (struct is zeroed) to the drivers as that is the
> current implicit value coming down to flow_offload. Add a bool
> indicating that entries have mixed HW stats type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> ---
> v3->v4:
> - fixed member alignment
> v2->v3:
> - moved to bitfield
> - removed "mixed" bool
> v1->v2:
> - moved to actions
> - add mixed bool
> ---
>  include/net/flow_offload.h | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/flow_offload.h b/include/net/flow_offload.h
> index cd3510ac66b0..93d17f37e980 100644
> --- a/include/net/flow_offload.h
> +++ b/include/net/flow_offload.h
> @@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ enum flow_action_mangle_base {
>  	FLOW_ACT_MANGLE_HDR_TYPE_UDP,
>  };
>  
> +#define FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_TYPE_ANY 0
I'm not quite sure why switching to a bit fieldapproach means these
 haveto become #defines rather than enums...

> +
>  typedef void (*action_destr)(void *priv);
>  
>  struct flow_action_cookie {
> @@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ void flow_action_cookie_destroy(struct flow_action_cookie *cookie);
>  
>  struct flow_action_entry {
>  	enum flow_action_id		id;
> +	u8				hw_stats_type;
... causing this to become a u8with nothing obviously preventing
 a HW_STATS_TYPE bigger than 255 getting defined.
An enum type seems safer.

-ed

>  	action_destr			destructor;
>  	void				*destructor_priv;
>  	union {