net/mlx5_core: Introduce flow steering API
authorMaor Gottlieb <maorg@mellanox.com>
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:12:42 +0000 (17:12 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 12 Dec 2015 05:15:24 +0000 (00:15 -0500)
commit0c56b97503fdf027488897db5709e2557aa1592a
treedabeab960ede87f0f4ddf84f794bb577832b1f0b
parent5e1626c09c615005e1edf9f971c20a35dc74efaa
net/mlx5_core: Introduce flow steering API

Introducing the following objects:

mlx5_flow_root_namespace: represent the root of specific flow table
type tree(e.g NIC receive, FDB, etc..)

mlx5_flow_group: define the mask of the flow specification.

fs_fte(flow steering flow table entry): defines the value of the
flow specification.

The following describes the relationships between the tree objects:
root_namespace --> priorities -->namespaces -->
priorities -->flow-tables --> flow-groups -->
flow-entries --> destinations

When we create new object(flow table/flow group/flow table entry), we
call to the FW command and then we add the related sw object to the tree.

When we destroy object, e.g. call to mlx5_destroy_flow_table, we use
the tree node destructor for destroying the FW object and remove the
node from the tree.

Signed-off-by: Maor Gottlieb <maorg@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Moni Shoua <monis@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Matan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.h