On 16-02-01 12:34 AM, Amir Vadai wrote:
> Extend the switchdev API with new operations: switchdev_port_flow_add()
> and switchdev_port_flow_del().
> It allows the user to add/del a hardware offloaded flow classification
> and actions.
> For every new flow object a cookie is supplied. This cookie will be
> used later on to identify the flow when removed.
>
> In order to make the API as flexible as possible, flow_dissector is
> being used to describe the flow classifier.
>
> Every new flow object is consists of a flow_dissector+key+mask to
> describe the classifier and a switchdev_obj_port_flow_act to describe
> the actions and their attributes.
>
> object is passed to the lower layer driver to be pushed into the
> hardware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <[email protected]>
> ---
+Scott
[...]
> +struct switchdev_obj_port_flow {
> + struct switchdev_obj obj;
> +
> + unsigned long cookie;
> + struct flow_dissector *dissector; /* Dissector for mask and keys */
> + void *mask; /* Flow keys mask */
> + void *key; /* Flow keys */
The heavy use of void* here and below seems questionable to me. If your
going to consume flow keys/mask define them.
> + struct switchdev_obj_port_flow_act *actions;
> +};
[...]
