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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/18] net/ixgbe: create consistent filter
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On 12/30/2016 7:53 AM, Wei Zhao wrote:
> This patch adds a function to create the flow directory filter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zhao1@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> v2:
> --add new error set function
> ---

<...>

>  
> +struct ixgbe_flow {
> +	enum rte_filter_type filter_type;
> +	void *rule;
> +};

It is possible to rename this struct to rte_flow, to prevent casting.
Although functionally there is no difference.

> +
>  /*
>   * Structure to store private data for each driver instance (for each port).
>   */
>