net/mlx5e: Add indirect tc offload of ovs internal port
Register callbacks for tc blocks of ovs internal port devices. This allows an indirect offloading rules that apply on such devices as the filter device. In case a rule is added to a tc block of an internal port, the mlx5 driver will implicitly add a matching on the internal port's unique vport metadata value to the rule's matching list. Therefore, only packets that previously hit a rule that redirects to an internal port and got the vport metadata overwritten to the internal port's unique metadata, can match on such indirect rule. Offloading of both ingress and egress tc blocks of internal ports is supported as opposed to other devices where only ingress block offloading is supported. Signed-off-by:Ariel Levkovich <lariel@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by:
Paul Blakey <paulb@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by:
Vlad Buslov <vladbu@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by:
Roi Dayan <roid@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
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