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[ovs-dev,v6,5/8] dpif-netdev: Support partial-action-offload of VXLAN encap flow

Message ID 20200712192625.7359-6-sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com
State Deferred
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Series netdev datapath: Partial action offload | expand

Commit Message

Sriharsha Basavapatna July 12, 2020, 7:26 p.m. UTC
In this patch, we support offloading of VXLAN_ENCAP action for a vhost-user
port (aka "partial-action-offload"). At the time of offloading the flow, we
determine if the flow can be offloaded to an egress device, if the input
port is not offload capable such as a vhost-user port. We then offload the
flow with a VXLAN_ENCAP RTE action, to the egress device. We do not add
the OUTPUT RTE action, which indicates to the PMD that is is a partial
action offload request. Note that since the action is being offloaded in
egress direction, classification is expected to be done by OVS SW datapath
and hence there's no need to offload a MARK action.

If offload succeeds, we save the information in 'dp_netdev_flow' so that
we skip execution of the corresponding action (previous patch) during SW
datapath processing.

Reviewed-by: Hemal Shah <hemal.shah@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com>
---
 lib/dpif-netdev.c             | 105 ++++++++++++++---
 lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c     | 204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 lib/netdev-offload-provider.h |   7 ++
 lib/netdev-offload.c          |  67 +++++++++++
 lib/netdev-offload.h          |   8 +-
 5 files changed, 355 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

Comments

0-day Robot July 12, 2020, 8:07 p.m. UTC | #1
Bleep bloop.  Greetings Sriharsha Basavapatna, I am a robot and I have tried out your patch.
Thanks for your contribution.

I encountered some error that I wasn't expecting.  See the details below.


build:
         ^
lib/dpif-netdev.c:2670:37: note: in expansion of macro 'UUID_ARGS'
                     __func__, flow, UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)&flow->mega_ufid),
                                     ^
./include/openvswitch/vlog.h:173:6: note: expected 'struct vlog_rate_limit *' but argument is of type 'char *'
 void vlog_rate_limit(const struct vlog_module *, enum vlog_level,
      ^
lib/dpif-netdev.c:2670:55: error: too many arguments for format [-Werror=format-extra-args]
                     __func__, flow, UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)&flow->mega_ufid),
                                                       ^
./include/openvswitch/vlog.h:287:56: note: in definition of macro 'VLOG_RL'
             vlog_rate_limit(&this_module, level__, RL, __VA_ARGS__);    \
                                                        ^
lib/dpif-netdev.c:2669:9: note: in expansion of macro 'VLOG_DBG_RL'
         VLOG_DBG_RL("%s: flow: %p mega_ufid: "UUID_FMT" pmd_id: %d\n",
         ^
lib/dpif-netdev.c:2670:37: note: in expansion of macro 'UUID_ARGS'
                     __func__, flow, UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)&flow->mega_ufid),
                                     ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [lib/dpif-netdev.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/0day_robot_upstream_build_from_pw/workspace'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/0day_robot_upstream_build_from_pw/workspace'
make: *** [all] Error 2


Please check this out.  If you feel there has been an error, please email aconole@redhat.com

Thanks,
0-day Robot
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Patch

diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
index 2c20e6d5e..a0bb5d4e1 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
@@ -2505,10 +2505,49 @@  dp_netdev_append_flow_offload(struct dp_flow_offload_item *offload)
     ovs_mutex_unlock(&dp_flow_offload.mutex);
 }
 
+static int
+partial_offload_egress_flow_del(struct dp_flow_offload_item *offload)
+{
+    struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd = offload->pmd;
+    struct dp_netdev_flow *flow = offload->flow;
+    const char *dpif_type_str = dpif_normalize_type(pmd->dp->class->type);
+    struct netdev *port;
+    int ret;
+
+    port = netdev_ports_get(flow->egress_offload_port, dpif_type_str);
+    if (!port) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Taking a global 'port_mutex' to fulfill thread safety
+     * restrictions for the netdev-offload-dpdk module. */
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&pmd->dp->port_mutex);
+    ret = netdev_flow_del(port, &flow->mega_ufid, NULL);
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&pmd->dp->port_mutex);
+    netdev_close(port);
+
+    if (ret) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    flow->egress_offload_port = NULL;
+    flow->partial_actions_offloaded = false;
+
+    VLOG_DBG_RL("%s: flow: %p mega_ufid: "UUID_FMT" pmd_id: %d\n", __func__,
+                flow, UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)&flow->mega_ufid),
+                offload->flow->pmd_id);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int
 dp_netdev_flow_offload_del(struct dp_flow_offload_item *offload)
 {
-    return mark_to_flow_disassociate(offload->pmd, offload->flow);
+    if (unlikely(offload->flow->partial_actions_offloaded &&
+        offload->flow->egress_offload_port != ODPP_NONE)) {
+        return partial_offload_egress_flow_del(offload);
+    } else {
+        return mark_to_flow_disassociate(offload->pmd, offload->flow);
+    }
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2568,51 +2607,82 @@  dp_netdev_flow_offload_put(struct dp_flow_offload_item *offload)
     const char *dpif_type_str = dpif_normalize_type(pmd->dp->class->type);
     bool modification = offload->op == DP_NETDEV_FLOW_OFFLOAD_OP_MOD;
     struct offload_info info;
-    struct netdev *port;
-    uint32_t mark;
+    struct netdev *netdev;
+    odp_port_t egress_port = ODPP_NONE;
+    struct netdev *egress_netdev = NULL;
+    bool alloc_mark = true;
+    uint32_t mark = INVALID_FLOW_MARK;
     int ret;
 
     if (flow->dead) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    port = netdev_ports_get(in_port, dpif_type_str);
-    if (!port) {
+    netdev = netdev_ports_get(in_port, dpif_type_str);
+    if (!netdev) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (dp_netdev_alloc_flow_mark(flow, modification, &mark)) {
+    info.attr_egress = 0;
+    info.partial_actions = 0;
+
+    if (unlikely(netdev_partial_offload_egress(netdev, dpif_type_str,
+                                               &offload->match,
+                                               CONST_CAST(struct nlattr *,
+                                               offload->actions),
+                                               offload->actions_len,
+                                               &egress_netdev,
+                                               &egress_port))) {
+        if (egress_netdev) {
+            netdev_close(netdev);
+            netdev = egress_netdev;
+            flow->egress_offload_port = egress_port;
+            info.attr_egress = 1;
+            alloc_mark = false;
+        }
+        info.partial_actions = 1;
+    }
+
+    if (alloc_mark && dp_netdev_alloc_flow_mark(flow, modification, &mark)) {
             /* flow already offloaded */
-            netdev_close(port);
-            return 0;
+        netdev_close(netdev);
+        return 0;
     }
+
     info.flow_mark = mark;
 
     /* Taking a global 'port_mutex' to fulfill thread safety restrictions for
      * the netdev-offload-dpdk module. */
     ovs_mutex_lock(&pmd->dp->port_mutex);
-    ret = netdev_flow_put(port, &offload->match,
+    ret = netdev_flow_put(netdev, &offload->match,
                           CONST_CAST(struct nlattr *, offload->actions),
                           offload->actions_len, &flow->mega_ufid, &info,
                           NULL);
     ovs_mutex_unlock(&pmd->dp->port_mutex);
-    netdev_close(port);
+    netdev_close(netdev);
 
     if (ret) {
         goto err_free;
     }
 
-    if (!modification) {
+    if (unlikely(info.partial_actions && egress_netdev)) {
+        VLOG_DBG_RL("%s: flow: %p mega_ufid: "UUID_FMT" pmd_id: %d\n",
+                    __func__, flow, UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)&flow->mega_ufid),
+                    flow->pmd_id);
+        flow->partial_actions_offloaded = true;
+    } else if (!modification) {
         megaflow_to_mark_associate(&flow->mega_ufid, mark);
         mark_to_flow_associate(mark, flow);
     }
     return 0;
 
 err_free:
-    if (!modification) {
-        flow_mark_free(mark);
-    } else {
-        mark_to_flow_disassociate(pmd, flow);
+    if (mark != INVALID_FLOW_MARK) {
+        if (!modification) {
+            flow_mark_free(mark);
+        } else {
+            mark_to_flow_disassociate(pmd, flow);
+        }
     }
     return -1;
 }
@@ -2728,7 +2798,8 @@  dp_netdev_pmd_remove_flow(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
     ovs_assert(cls != NULL);
     dpcls_remove(cls, &flow->cr);
     cmap_remove(&pmd->flow_table, node, dp_netdev_flow_hash(&flow->ufid));
-    if (flow->mark != INVALID_FLOW_MARK) {
+    if (flow->mark != INVALID_FLOW_MARK || (flow->partial_actions_offloaded
+        && flow->egress_offload_port != ODPP_NONE)) {
         queue_netdev_flow_del(pmd, flow);
     }
     flow->dead = true;
@@ -3486,6 +3557,8 @@  dp_netdev_flow_add(struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd,
     flow->dead = false;
     flow->batch = NULL;
     flow->mark = INVALID_FLOW_MARK;
+    flow->partial_actions_offloaded = false;
+    flow->egress_offload_port = ODPP_NONE;
     *CONST_CAST(unsigned *, &flow->pmd_id) = pmd->core_id;
     *CONST_CAST(struct flow *, &flow->flow) = match->flow;
     *CONST_CAST(ovs_u128 *, &flow->ufid) = *ufid;
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
index de6101e4d..78a71f84a 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ 
 #include "openvswitch/vlog.h"
 #include "packets.h"
 #include "uuid.h"
+#include "odp-util.h"
 
 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(netdev_offload_dpdk);
 static struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(100, 5);
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@  static struct cmap ufid_to_rte_flow = CMAP_INITIALIZER;
 struct ufid_to_rte_flow_data {
     struct cmap_node node;
     ovs_u128 ufid;
+    uint32_t refcnt;
     struct rte_flow *rte_flow;
     bool actions_offloaded;
     struct dpif_flow_stats stats;
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@  ufid_to_rte_flow_associate(const ovs_u128 *ufid,
         ovs_assert(data_prev->rte_flow == NULL);
     }
 
+    data->refcnt = 1;
     data->ufid = *ufid;
     data->rte_flow = rte_flow;
     data->actions_offloaded = actions_offloaded;
@@ -1287,7 +1290,8 @@  static int
 parse_clone_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
                     struct flow_actions *actions,
                     const struct nlattr *clone_actions,
-                    const size_t clone_actions_len)
+                    const size_t clone_actions_len,
+                    struct offload_info *info)
 {
     const struct nlattr *ca;
     unsigned int cleft;
@@ -1312,8 +1316,11 @@  parse_clone_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
             add_flow_action(actions, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_RAW_ENCAP,
                             raw_encap);
         } else if (clone_type == OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT) {
-            if (add_output_action(netdev, actions, ca)) {
-                return -1;
+            /* add output action only if full-offload */
+            if (!info->partial_actions) {
+                if (add_output_action(netdev, actions, ca)) {
+                    return -1;
+                }
             }
         } else {
             VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl,
@@ -1329,12 +1336,15 @@  static int
 parse_flow_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
                    struct flow_actions *actions,
                    struct nlattr *nl_actions,
-                   size_t nl_actions_len)
+                   size_t nl_actions_len,
+                   struct offload_info *info)
 {
     struct nlattr *nla;
     size_t left;
 
-    add_count_action(actions);
+    if (!info->partial_actions) {
+        add_count_action(actions);
+    }
     NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE (nla, left, nl_actions, nl_actions_len) {
         if (nl_attr_type(nla) == OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT) {
             if (add_output_action(netdev, actions, nla)) {
@@ -1366,7 +1376,7 @@  parse_flow_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
             size_t clone_actions_len = nl_attr_get_size(nla);
 
             if (parse_clone_actions(netdev, actions, clone_actions,
-                                    clone_actions_len)) {
+                                    clone_actions_len, info)) {
                 return -1;
             }
         } else {
@@ -1388,15 +1398,22 @@  static struct rte_flow *
 netdev_offload_dpdk_actions(struct netdev *netdev,
                             struct flow_patterns *patterns,
                             struct nlattr *nl_actions,
-                            size_t actions_len)
+                            size_t actions_len,
+                            struct offload_info *info)
 {
-    const struct rte_flow_attr flow_attr = { .ingress = 1, .transfer = 1 };
+    struct rte_flow_attr flow_attr = { .ingress = 1, .transfer = 1 };
     struct flow_actions actions = { .actions = NULL, .cnt = 0 };
     struct rte_flow *flow = NULL;
     struct rte_flow_error error;
     int ret;
 
-    ret = parse_flow_actions(netdev, &actions, nl_actions, actions_len);
+    if (info->attr_egress) {
+        flow_attr.ingress = 0;
+        flow_attr.egress = 1;
+        flow_attr.transfer = 0;
+    }
+
+    ret = parse_flow_actions(netdev, &actions, nl_actions, actions_len,info);
     if (ret) {
         goto out;
     }
@@ -1428,8 +1445,15 @@  netdev_offload_dpdk_add_flow(struct netdev *netdev,
     }
 
     flow = netdev_offload_dpdk_actions(netdev, &patterns, nl_actions,
-                                       actions_len);
-    if (!flow) {
+                                       actions_len, info);
+    if (flow) {
+        if (info->partial_actions && info->attr_egress) {
+            /* actions_offloaded should be set to false with partial actions,
+             * since it is still considered as partial-offload and not
+             * full-offload. */
+            actions_offloaded = false;
+        }
+    } else if (!(info->partial_actions && info->attr_egress)) {
         /* If we failed to offload the rule actions fallback to MARK+RSS
          * actions.
          */
@@ -1482,18 +1506,29 @@  netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_put(struct netdev *netdev, struct match *match,
                              struct dpif_flow_stats *stats)
 {
     struct ufid_to_rte_flow_data *rte_flow_data;
-    int ret;
+    int ret = 0;
 
-    /*
-     * If an old rte_flow exists, it means it's a flow modification.
-     * Here destroy the old rte flow first before adding a new one.
-     */
     rte_flow_data = ufid_to_rte_flow_data_find(ufid);
     if (rte_flow_data && rte_flow_data->rte_flow) {
-        ret = netdev_offload_dpdk_destroy_flow(netdev, ufid,
-                                               rte_flow_data->rte_flow);
-        if (ret < 0) {
+        if (unlikely(info->partial_actions && info->attr_egress)) {
+            /* In the case of partial action offload, the same mega-flow
+             * could be offloaded by multiple PMD threads. Avoid creating
+             * multiple rte_flows and just update the refcnt.
+             */
+            VLOG_DBG_RL("%s: mega_ufid: "UUID_FMT" refcnt: %d\n", __func__,
+                        UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)ufid), rte_flow_data->refcnt);
+            rte_flow_data->refcnt++;
             return ret;
+        } else {
+            /*
+             * If an old rte_flow exists, it means it's a flow modification.
+             * Here destroy the old rte flow first before adding a new one.
+             */
+            ret = netdev_offload_dpdk_destroy_flow(netdev, ufid,
+                                                   rte_flow_data->rte_flow);
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                return ret;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1515,6 +1550,12 @@  netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_del(struct netdev *netdev, const ovs_u128 *ufid,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    VLOG_DBG_RL("%s: mega_ufid: "UUID_FMT" refcnt: %d\n", __func__,
+                UUID_ARGS((struct uuid *)ufid), rte_flow_data->refcnt);
+    if (rte_flow_data->refcnt-- > 1) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     if (stats) {
         memset(stats, 0, sizeof *stats);
     }
@@ -1574,10 +1615,135 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
+/* Structure to hold a nl_parsed OVS action */
+struct action_attr {
+    int type;                /* OVS action type */
+    struct nlattr *action;   /* action attribute */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Maxium number of actions to be parsed while selecting a flow for partial
+ * action offload. This number is currently based on the minimum number of
+ * attributes seen with the tunnel encap action (clone, tunnel_push, output).
+ * This number includes output action to a single egress device (uplink) and
+ * supports neither multiple clone() actions nor multiple output actions.
+ * This number could change if and when we support other actions or
+ * combinations of actions for partial offload.
+ */
+#define MAX_ACTION_ATTRS    3 /* Max # action attributes supported */
+
+/*
+ * This function parses the list of OVS "actions" of length "actions_len",
+ * and returns them in an array of action "attrs", of size "max_attrs".
+ * The parsed number of actions is returned in "num_attrs". If the number
+ * of actions exceeds "max_attrs", parsing is stopped and E2BIG is returned.
+ * Otherwise, returns success (0).
+ */
+static int
+parse_nlattr_actions(struct nlattr *actions, size_t actions_len,
+                     struct action_attr *attrs, int max_attrs, int *num_attrs)
+{
+    const struct nlattr *a;
+    unsigned int left;
+    int num_actions = 0;
+    int n_attrs = 0;
+    int rc = 0;
+    int type;
+
+    *num_attrs = 0;
+
+    NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH (a, left, actions, actions_len) {
+        type = nl_attr_type(a);
+
+        if (num_actions >= max_attrs) {
+            *num_attrs = num_actions;
+            return E2BIG;
+        }
+
+        attrs[num_actions].type = type;
+        attrs[num_actions].action = a;
+        num_actions++;
+        if (type == OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE) {
+            rc = parse_nlattr_actions(nl_attr_get(a), nl_attr_get_size(a),
+                                      &attrs[num_actions],
+                                      (max_attrs - num_actions), &n_attrs);
+            num_actions += n_attrs;
+            if (rc == E2BIG) {
+                *num_attrs = num_actions;
+                return rc;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    *num_attrs = num_actions;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* This function determines if the given flow should be partially offloaded
+ * on the egress device, when the in-port is not offload-capable like a
+ * vhost-user port. The function currently supports offloading of only
+ * tunnel encap action.
+ */
+bool
+netdev_offload_dpdk_egress_partial(struct netdev *netdev, struct match *match,
+                                   struct nlattr *actions, size_t actions_len,
+                                   struct netdev **egress_netdev,
+                                   odp_port_t *egress_port)
+{
+    struct action_attr attrs[MAX_ACTION_ATTRS];
+    odp_port_t out_port = ODPP_NONE;
+    struct netdev *out_netdev;
+    int num_attrs = 0;
+    int type;
+    int rc;
+
+    /* Support egress partial-offload only when in-port is vhost-user. */
+    if (!is_dpdk_vhost_netdev(netdev)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    rc = parse_nlattr_actions(actions, actions_len, attrs, MAX_ACTION_ATTRS,
+                              &num_attrs);
+    if (rc == E2BIG) {
+        /* Action list too big; decline partial offload */
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Number of attrs expected with tunnel encap action */
+    if (num_attrs < MAX_ACTION_ATTRS) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Only support clone sub-actions for now, tnl-push specifically. */
+    if (attrs[0].type != OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CLONE ||
+        attrs[1].type != OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TUNNEL_PUSH ||
+        attrs[2].type != OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Egress partial-offload needs an output action at the end. */
+    out_port = nl_attr_get_odp_port(attrs[2].action);
+    if (out_port == ODPP_NONE) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Support egress partial-offload only when out-port is offload capable. */
+    out_netdev = netdev_ports_get(out_port, netdev->dpif_type);
+    if (!out_netdev || !netdev_dpdk_flow_api_supported(out_netdev)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Flow can be egress partial-offloaded. */
+    *egress_netdev = out_netdev;
+    *egress_port = out_port;
+    return true;
+}
+
 const struct netdev_flow_api netdev_offload_dpdk = {
     .type = "dpdk_flow_api",
     .flow_put = netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_put,
     .flow_del = netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_del,
     .init_flow_api = netdev_offload_dpdk_init_flow_api,
     .flow_get = netdev_offload_dpdk_flow_get,
+    .flow_offload_egress_partial = netdev_offload_dpdk_egress_partial,
 };
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload-provider.h b/lib/netdev-offload-provider.h
index 0bed7bf61..94973b24d 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload-provider.h
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload-provider.h
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@  struct netdev_flow_api {
     /* Initializies the netdev flow api.
      * Return 0 if successful, otherwise returns a positive errno value. */
     int (*init_flow_api)(struct netdev *);
+
+    /* Determine if the flow should be offloaded to the egress
+     * device and if yes return true; otherwise return false.
+     */
+    bool (*flow_offload_egress_partial)(struct netdev *, struct match *,
+                                        struct nlattr *, size_t,
+                                        struct netdev **, odp_port_t *);
 };
 
 int netdev_register_flow_api_provider(const struct netdev_flow_api *);
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload.c b/lib/netdev-offload.c
index 2da3bc701..4fee717d9 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload.c
@@ -666,3 +666,70 @@  netdev_set_flow_api_enabled(const struct smap *ovs_other_config)
         }
     }
 }
+
+bool
+netdev_partial_offload_egress(struct netdev *netdev, const char *dpif_type,
+                              struct match *match, struct nlattr *actions,
+                              size_t act_len, struct netdev **egress_netdev,
+                              odp_port_t *egress_port)
+{
+    struct netdev *flow_api_netdev;
+    struct port_to_netdev_data *data;
+    struct netdev_flow_api *flow_api =
+        ovsrcu_get(const struct netdev_flow_api *, &netdev->flow_api);
+
+    /* Ingress netdev is offload capable; don't need egress offload */
+    if (flow_api) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Ingress netdev must belong to the datapath specified */
+    if (netdev_get_dpif_type(netdev) != dpif_type) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Walk the list of netdevs of the given dpif_type, looking for any
+     * netdev that supports flow_api (flow_api_netdev). And if that flow_api
+     * supports partial_offload_egress api, invoke it but using the ingress
+     * netdev that doesn't support flow_api. Note that we are using the
+     * flow_api_netdev as just an api conduit and it is not the actual
+     * netdev for which the api (should_offload_egress) is being invoked.
+     */
+    ovs_rwlock_rdlock(&netdev_hmap_rwlock);
+    HMAP_FOR_EACH (data, portno_node, &port_to_netdev) {
+        flow_api_netdev = data->netdev;
+        if (netdev_get_dpif_type(flow_api_netdev) != dpif_type) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        flow_api = ovsrcu_get(const struct netdev_flow_api *,
+                              &flow_api_netdev->flow_api);
+        if (!flow_api) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        netdev_ref(flow_api_netdev);
+        break;
+    }
+    ovs_rwlock_unlock(&netdev_hmap_rwlock);
+
+    /* Couldn't find any netdev in the given dp that supports flow_api */
+    if (!flow_api) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* flow_api does not support egress offload */
+    if (!flow_api->flow_offload_egress_partial) {
+        netdev_close(flow_api_netdev);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Given ingress netdev, can the flow be offloaded to an egress dev ? */
+    if (!flow_api->flow_offload_egress_partial(netdev, match, actions, act_len,
+                                               egress_netdev, egress_port)) {
+        netdev_close(flow_api_netdev);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Success: flow can be offloaded to the egress netdev' */
+    netdev_close(flow_api_netdev);
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload.h b/lib/netdev-offload.h
index 4c0ed2ae8..66b31af59 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload.h
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@  struct offload_info {
 
     bool recirc_id_shared_with_tc;  /* Indicates whever tc chains will be in
                                      * sync with datapath recirc ids. */
+    uint8_t attr_egress;      /* Egress direction offload */
+    uint8_t partial_actions;  /* Partial action offload; no forward action */
 
     /*
      * The flow mark id assigened to the flow. If any pkts hit the flow,
@@ -124,7 +126,11 @@  int netdev_ports_flow_get(const char *dpif_type, struct match *match,
                           struct dpif_flow_stats *stats,
                           struct dpif_flow_attrs *attrs,
                           struct ofpbuf *buf);
-
+bool netdev_partial_offload_egress(struct netdev *netdev,
+                                   const char *dpif_type, struct match *match,
+                                   struct nlattr *actions, size_t act_len,
+                                   struct netdev **egress_netdev,
+                                   odp_port_t *egress_port);
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }
 #endif