mlx5dv_create_steering_anchor - Man Page

Name

mlx5dv_create_steering_anchor — Creates a steering anchor

mlx5dv_destroy_steering_anchor — Destroys a steering anchor

Synopsis

#include <infiniband/mlx5dv.h>

struct mlx5dv_steering_anchor *
mlx5dv_create_steering_anchor(struct ibv_context *context,
                              struct mlx5dv_steering_anchor_attr *attr);

int mlx5dv_destroy_steering_anchor(struct mlx5dv_steering_anchor *sa);

Description

A user can take packets into a user-configured sandbox and do packet processing at the end of which a steering pipeline decision is made on what to do with the packet.

A steering anchor allows the user to reinject the packet back into the kernel for additional processing.

mlx5dv_create_steering_anchor() Creates an anchor which will allow injecting the packet back into the kernel steering pipeline.

mlx5dv_destroy_steering_anchor() Destroys a steering anchor.

Arguments

context

The device context to associate the steering anchor with.

attr

Anchor attributes specify the priority and flow table type to which the anchor will point.

struct mlx5dv_steering_anchor_attr {
        enum mlx5dv_flow_table_type ft_type;
        uint16_t priority;
        uint64_t comp_mask;
};

ft_type: The flow table type to which the anchor will point.
priority: The priority inside ft_type to which the created anchor will point.
comp_mask: Reserved for future extension, must be 0 now.

mlx5dv_steering_anchor

struct mlx5dv_steering_anchor {
    uint32_t id;
};

id: The flow table ID to use as the destination when creating the flow table entry.

Return Value

mlx5dv_create_steering_anchor() returns a pointer to a new mlx5dv_steering_anchor on success. On error NULL is returned and errno is set.

mlx5dv_destroy_steering_anchor() returns 0 on success and errno value on error.

Authors

Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>

Referenced By

The man page mlx5dv_destroy_steering_anchor(3) is an alias of mlx5dv_create_steering_anchor(3).