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    net/mlx5: Add new chain for netfilter flow table offload · 975b992f
    Paul Blakey authored
    
    
    Netfilter tables (nftables) implements a software datapath that
    comes after tc ingress datapath. The datapath supports offloading
    such rules via the flow table offload API.
    
    This API is currently only used by NFT and it doesn't provide the
    global priority in regards to tc offload, so we assume offloading such
    rules must come after tc. It does provide a flow table priority
    parameter, so we need to provide some supported priority range.
    
    For that, split fastpath prio to two, flow table offload and tc offload,
    with one dedicated priority chain for flow table offload.
    
    Next patch will re-use the multi chain API to access this chain by
    allowing access to this chain by the fdb_sub_namespace.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Blakey <paulb@mellanox.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMark Bloch <markb@mellanox.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSaeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
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