Tunnel offload mode allows application to restore partially offloaded
tunneled packets to its original state.
The mode was designed to optimize packet recovery. It must not
block flow actions that are allowed by MLX5 PMD.
The patch allows tunnel offload match rules to use drop flow action.
Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getel...@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viachesl...@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
index ede484d026..bb3af246cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
@@ -6087,8 +6087,11 @@ flow_dv_validate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const struct
rte_flow_attr *attr,
* Validate the drop action mutual exclusion with other actions.
* Drop action is mutually-exclusive with any other action, except for
* Count action.
+ * Drop action compatibility with tunnel offload was already validated.
*/
- if ((action_flags & MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_DROP) &&
+ if (action_flags & (MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_TUNNEL_MATCH |
+ MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_TUNNEL_MATCH));
+ else if ((action_flags & MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_DROP) &&
(action_flags & ~(MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_DROP | MLX5_FLOW_ACTION_COUNT)))
return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION, NULL,
--
2.29.2
