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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public•gmane.org>
To: Pravin Shelar <pshelar-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA@public•gmane.org>
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	David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public•gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 01/13] openvswitch: split flow structures into ovs specific and generic ones
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:25:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140904122507.GE1867@nanopsycho.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALnjE+rk26Om1O5_Q=8tn7eAyh4Ywen-1+UD_nCVj_geZY1HuQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 08:42:18PM CEST, pshelar-l0M0P4e3n4LQT0dZR+AlfA@public•gmane.org wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:20 AM, John Fastabend <john.fastabend-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org> wrote:
>> On 09/03/2014 02:24 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>>
>>> After this, flow related structures can be used in other code.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public•gmane.org>
>>> ---
>>
>>
>> Hi Jiri,
>>
>> As I indicated before I'm looking into integrating this with some
>> hardware here. Progress is a bit slow but starting to look at it.The
>> i40e/ixgbe driver being one open source example with very limited
>> support for tables, flow matches, etc. And then a closed source driver
>> with much more flexibility. What I don't have is a middle of the road
>> switch to work with something better then a host nic but not as
>> flexible as a TOR.
>>
>> Couple questions my assumption here is I can extend the flow_key
>> as needed to support additional match criteria my hardware has.
>> I scanned the ./net/openvswitch source and I didn't catch any
>> place that would break but might need to take a closer look.
>> Similarly the actions set will need to be extended. For example
>> if I want to use this with i40e a OVS_ACTION_ATTR_QUEUE could
>> be used to steer packets to the queue. With this in mind we
>> will want a follow up patch to rename OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* to
>> FLOW_ACTION_ATTR_*
>>
>
>struct sw_flow_key is internal structure of OVS, it is designed to
>have better flow-table performance. By adding hw specific fields in
>sw_flow_key, it increase flow-key size and that has negative impact on
>OVS software switching performance. Therefore it is better not to
>share this internal structure with driver interface.

Ok. I will split this leaving the sw_flow_key into ovs and introducing
new one. Thanks.

>
>Thanks.
>
>> Also I have some filters that can match on offset/length/mask
>> tuples. As far as I can tell this is going to have to be yet
>> another interface? Or would it be worth the effort to define
>> the flow key more generically. My initial guess is I'll just
>> write a separate interface. I think this is what Jamal referred
>> to as another "classifier".
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow_key_ipv4_tunnel {
>>> +       __be64 tun_id;
>>> +       __be32 ipv4_src;
>>> +       __be32 ipv4_dst;
>>> +       __be16 tun_flags;
>>> +       u8   ipv4_tos;
>>> +       u8   ipv4_ttl;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow_key {
>>> +       struct sw_flow_key_ipv4_tunnel tun_key;  /* Encapsulating tunnel
>>> key. */
>>> +       struct {
>>> +               u32     priority;       /* Packet QoS priority. */
>>> +               u32     skb_mark;       /* SKB mark. */
>>> +               u16     in_port;        /* Input switch port (or
>>> DP_MAX_PORTS). */
>>> +       } __packed phy; /* Safe when right after 'tun_key'. */
>>> +       struct {
>>> +               u8     src[ETH_ALEN];   /* Ethernet source address. */
>>> +               u8     dst[ETH_ALEN];   /* Ethernet destination address.
>>> */
>>> +               __be16 tci;             /* 0 if no VLAN, VLAN_TAG_PRESENT
>>> set otherwise. */
>>> +               __be16 type;            /* Ethernet frame type. */
>>> +       } eth;
>>> +       struct {
>>> +               u8     proto;           /* IP protocol or lower 8 bits of
>>> ARP opcode. */
>>> +               u8     tos;             /* IP ToS. */
>>> +               u8     ttl;             /* IP TTL/hop limit. */
>>> +               u8     frag;            /* One of OVS_FRAG_TYPE_*. */
>>> +       } ip;
>>> +       struct {
>>> +               __be16 src;             /* TCP/UDP/SCTP source port. */
>>> +               __be16 dst;             /* TCP/UDP/SCTP destination port.
>>> */
>>> +               __be16 flags;           /* TCP flags. */
>>> +       } tp;
>>> +       union {
>>> +               struct {
>>> +                       struct {
>>> +                               __be32 src;     /* IP source address. */
>>> +                               __be32 dst;     /* IP destination address.
>>> */
>>> +                       } addr;
>>> +                       struct {
>>> +                               u8 sha[ETH_ALEN];       /* ARP source
>>> hardware address. */
>>> +                               u8 tha[ETH_ALEN];       /* ARP target
>>> hardware address. */
>>> +                       } arp;
>>> +               } ipv4;
>>> +               struct {
>>> +                       struct {
>>> +                               struct in6_addr src;    /* IPv6 source
>>> address. */
>>> +                               struct in6_addr dst;    /* IPv6
>>> destination address. */
>>> +                       } addr;
>>> +                       __be32 label;                   /* IPv6 flow
>>> label. */
>>> +                       struct {
>>> +                               struct in6_addr target; /* ND target
>>> address. */
>>> +                               u8 sll[ETH_ALEN];       /* ND source link
>>> layer address. */
>>> +                               u8 tll[ETH_ALEN];       /* ND target link
>>> layer address. */
>>> +                       } nd;
>>> +               } ipv6;
>>> +       };
>>> +} __aligned(BITS_PER_LONG/8); /* Ensure that we can do comparisons as
>>> longs. */
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow_key_range {
>>> +       unsigned short int start;
>>> +       unsigned short int end;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow_mask {
>>> +       struct sw_flow_key_range range;
>>> +       struct sw_flow_key key;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow_action {
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow_actions {
>>> +       unsigned count;
>>> +       struct sw_flow_action actions[0];
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +struct sw_flow {
>>> +       struct sw_flow_key key;
>>> +       struct sw_flow_key unmasked_key;
>>> +       struct sw_flow_mask *mask;
>>> +       struct sw_flow_actions *actions;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Fastabend         Intel Corporation

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-04 12:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-03  9:24 [patch net-next 00/13] introduce rocker switch driver with openvswitch hardware accelerated datapath Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24 ` [patch net-next 01/13] openvswitch: split flow structures into ovs specific and generic ones Jiri Pirko
     [not found]   ` <1409736300-12303-2-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 15:20     ` John Fastabend
2014-09-03 21:11       ` Jamal Hadi Salim
     [not found]       ` <540731B9.4010603-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 18:42         ` Pravin Shelar
     [not found]           ` <CALnjE+rk26Om1O5_Q=8tn7eAyh4Ywen-1+UD_nCVj_geZY1HuQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 12:25             ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2014-09-04 12:09         ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03 18:41   ` Pravin Shelar
2014-09-03 21:22     ` Jamal Hadi Salim
     [not found]       ` <54078694.5040104-jkUAjuhPggJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 21:59         ` Pravin Shelar
     [not found]           ` <CALnjE+qUqSK7kHSi5BZuA0hzFjMcZ8TCTd9JRG1PPmMfDmAQOA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04  1:54             ` Jamal Hadi Salim
     [not found]     ` <CALnjE+pscRmfhaWgkWCunJfjvG04RiNUAj6nefSFHrknQTC+xw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 12:33       ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]         ` <20140904123323.GF1867-6KJVSR23iU5sFDB2n11ItA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 20:46           ` Pravin Shelar
2014-09-17  8:34             ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-17 22:07               ` Jesse Gross
2014-09-03  9:24 ` [patch net-next 02/13] net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to more generic name Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24 ` [patch net-next 08/13] net: introduce netdev_phys_item_ids_match helper Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24 ` [patch net-next 09/13] openvswitch: introduce vport_op get_netdev Jiri Pirko
     [not found] ` <1409736300-12303-1-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 03/13] net: introduce generic switch devices support Jiri Pirko
     [not found]     ` <1409736300-12303-4-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 15:46       ` John Fastabend
     [not found]         ` <540737CF.4000402-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 12:46           ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 04/13] rtnl: expose physical switch id for particular device Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 05/13] net-sysfs: " Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 06/13] net: introduce dummy switch Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 07/13] dsa: implement ndo_swdev_get_id Jiri Pirko
     [not found]     ` <1409736300-12303-8-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 23:20       ` Florian Fainelli
     [not found]         ` <5407A25A.8050401-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 12:47           ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]             ` <20140904124701.GH1867-6KJVSR23iU5sFDB2n11ItA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-05  4:43               ` Felix Fietkau
2014-09-05  5:52                 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 10/13] openvswitch: add support for datapath hardware offload Jiri Pirko
     [not found]     ` <1409736300-12303-11-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-03 16:37       ` John Fastabend
     [not found]         ` <540743B4.9080500-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-04 12:48           ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]             ` <20140904124837.GI1867-6KJVSR23iU5sFDB2n11ItA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-05  3:59               ` Simon Horman
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 11/13] sw_flow: add misc section to key with in_port_ifindex field Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:24   ` [patch net-next 12/13] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver Jiri Pirko
2014-09-03  9:25 ` [patch net-next 13/13] switchdev: introduce Netlink API Jiri Pirko
2014-09-08 13:54 ` [patch net-next 00/13] introduce rocker switch driver with openvswitch hardware accelerated datapath Thomas Graf
2014-09-09 21:09   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2014-09-15 12:43     ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-16 15:58   ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]     ` <20140916155832.GA1869-6KJVSR23iU488b5SBfVpbw@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-29  5:44       ` Neelakantam Gaddam
     [not found]         ` <CAOv37=BNU1-+kgTR6RUqxw7snJL6=5g-rLYhuPc1F-V0B1k7tA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-29  5:46           ` Jiri Pirko

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