There is a need to offload rewrite MAC address for both destination and source from the matched flow
The proposed actions could make above easily achieved Signed-off-by: Xiaoyu Min <jack...@mellanox.com<mailto:jack...@mellanox.com>> --- lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h index f8ba71cdb..4a51ab2a3 100644 --- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h +++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h @@ -1505,6 +1505,26 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type { * error. */ RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_NVGRE_DECAP, + + /** + * Set source MAC address from matched flow. + * + * If flow pattern does not define a valid RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH, + * the PMD should return a RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION error. + * + * See struct rte_flow_action_set_mac. + */ + RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_SRC, + + /** + * Set destination MAC address from matched flow. + * + * If flow pattern does not define a valid RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH, + * the PMD should return a RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION error. + * + * See struct rte_flow_action_set_mac. + */ + RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC_DST, }; /** @@ -1868,6 +1888,18 @@ struct rte_flow_action_nvgre_encap { struct rte_flow_item *definition; }; +/** + * @warning + * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this structure may change without prior notice + * + * RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SET_MAC + * + * Set MAC address from the matched flow + */ +struct rte_flow_action_set_mac { + uint8_t mac_addr[ETHER_ADDR_LEN]; +}; + /* * Definition of a single action. * -- 2.17.1