Re: [PATCH net-next v3 06/11] virtio_net: Implement layer 2 ethtool flow rules

[Dan Jurgens <danielj@nvidia.com>]

On 9/26/25 3:48 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:19:15 -0500 Daniel Jurgens wrote:
>> Filtering a flow requires a classifier to match the packets, and a rule
>> to filter on the matches.
>>
>> A classifier consists of one or more selectors. There is one selector
>> per header type. A selector must only use fields set in the selector
>> capabality. If partial matching is supported, the classifier mask for a
>> particular field can be a subset of the mask for that field in the
>> capability.
>>
>> The rule consists of a priority, an action and a key. The key is a byte
>> array containing headers corresponding to the selectors in the
>> classifier.
>>
>> This patch implements ethtool rules for ethernet headers.
> 
> What does the spec say about ordering of the rules?
> If the rules are not evaluated in an equivalent way to a linear
> walk / match please support location == RX_CLS_LOC_ANY only

It does support RX_CLS_LOC_ANY. Specifying a specific location is not
supported.