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

Jiri Pirko
2020-03-09T17:34:16Z

Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 05:52:16PM CET, ecree@solarflare.com wrote:
>On 07/03/2020 11:40, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.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@mellanox.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.

I don't follow.

>An enum type seems safer.

Well, it's is a bitfield, how do you envision to implement it. Have enum
value for every combination? I don't get it.

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