[dpdk-dev] [RFC] mlx5: flow counters support on the linux-rdma v19 base

2018-08-20 Thread viacheslavo
Mellanox mlx5 PMD supports Flow Counters via Verbs library. The current implementation is based on the Mellanox proprietary Verbs library included in MLNX OFED packages. The Flow Counter support is recently added into linux-rdma release (v19), so the mlx5 PMD update is needed to provide Counter fea

[dpdk-dev] [RFC] ethdev: flow counters batch query

2018-08-20 Thread viacheslavo
There is a demand to perform query operations on the set of counters generally belonging to the different RTE flows. The counter queries is the very effective way for application to know in detail what is going on into the network and to take some actions basing on this knowledge. As example, the m