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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_
+#define _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * RTE RegEx Device internal header.
+ *
+ * This header contains internal data types, that are used by the RegEx devices
+ * in order to expose their ops to the class.
+ *
+ * Applications should not use these API directly.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct rte_regexdev;
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_info_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ struct rte_regexdev_info *info);
+/**< @internal Get the RegEx device info. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_configure_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ const struct rte_regexdev_config *cfg);
+/**< @internal Configure the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_qp_setup_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, uint16_t id,
+ const struct rte_regexdev_qp_conf *qp_conf);
+/**< @internal Setup a queue pair.*/
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_start_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Start the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_stop_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Stop the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_close_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Close the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_attr_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ enum rte_regexdev_attr_id id,
+ void *value);
+/**< @internal Get selected attribute from RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_attr_set_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ enum rte_regexdev_attr_id id,
+ const void *value);
+/**< @internal Set selected attribute to RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_update_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ const struct rte_regexdev_rule *rules,
+ uint16_t nb_rules);
+/**< @internal Update the rule database for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_compile_activate_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Compile the rule database and activate it. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_import_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ const char *rule_db,
+ uint32_t rule_db_len);
+/**< @internal Upload a pre created rule database to the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_export_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ char *rule_db);
+/**< @internal Export the current rule database from the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_names_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ struct rte_regexdev_xstats_map
+ *xstats_map);
+/**< @internal Get xstats name map for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ const uint16_t *ids, uint64_t *values,
+ uint16_t nb_values);
+/**< @internal Get xstats values for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_by_name_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ const char *name, uint16_t *id,
+ uint64_t *value);
+/**< @internal Get xstat value for the RegEx device based on the xstats name. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_reset_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+ const uint16_t *ids,
+ uint16_t nb_ids);
+/**< @internal Reset xstats values for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_selftest_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Trigger RegEx self test. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_dump_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, FILE *f);
+/**< @internal Dump internal information about the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef uint16_t (*regexdev_enqueue_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
+ struct rte_regex_ops **ops,
+ uint16_t nb_ops);
+/**< @internal Enqueue a burst of scan requests to a queue on RegEx device. */
+
+typedef uint16_t (*regexdev_dequeue_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
+ struct rte_regex_ops **ops,
+ uint16_t nb_ops);
+/**< @internal Dequeue a burst of scan response from a queue on RegEx device. */
+
+/**
+ * RegEx device operations
+ */
+struct rte_regexdev_ops {
+ regexdev_info_get_t dev_info_get;
+ regexdev_configure_t dev_configure;
+ regexdev_qp_setup_t dev_qp_setup;
+ regexdev_start_t dev_start;
+ regexdev_stop_t dev_stop;
+ regexdev_close_t dev_close;
+ regexdev_attr_get_t dev_attr_get;
+ regexdev_attr_set_t dev_attr_set;
+ regexdev_rule_db_update_t dev_rule_db_update;
+ regexdev_rule_db_compile_activate_t dev_rule_db_compile_activate;
+ regexdev_rule_db_import_t dev_db_import;
+ regexdev_rule_db_export_t dev_db_export;
+ regexdev_xstats_names_get_t dev_xstats_names_get;
+ regexdev_xstats_get_t dev_xstats_get;
+ regexdev_xstats_by_name_get_t dev_xstats_by_name_get;
+ regexdev_xstats_reset_t dev_xstats_reset;
+ regexdev_selftest_t dev_selftest;
+ regexdev_dump_t dev_dump;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The data part, with no function pointers, associated with each RegEx device.
+ *
+ * This structure is safe to place in shared memory to be common among different
+ * processes in a multi-process configuration.
+ */
+struct rte_regexdev_data {
+ void *dev_private; /**< PMD-specific private data. */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The generic data structure associated with each RegEx device.
+ *
+ * Pointers to burst-oriented packet receive and transmit functions are
+ * located at the beginning of the structure, along with the pointer to
+ * where all the data elements for the particular device are stored in shared
+ * memory. This split allows the function pointer and driver data to be per-
+ * process, while the actual configuration data for the device is shared.
+ */
+struct rte_regexdev {
+ regexdev_enqueue_t enqueue;
+ regexdev_dequeue_t dequeue;
+ const struct rte_regexdev_ops *dev_ops;
+ /**< Functions exported by PMD */
+ struct rte_device *device; /**< Backing device */
+ struct rte_regexdev_data *data; /**< Pointer to device data. */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+#endif /* _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_ */