DPDK v23.11+ issue with Intel ICE driver and rte_flow 'count' and 'mark' actions

DPDK v23.11+ issue with Intel ICE driver and rte_flow 'count' and 'mark' actions

[Adam Kiripolský]

Hello all,

Ita stumbled upon an issue with rte_flow 'count' and 'mark' actions on 
DPDK version 23.11 and higher on Intel ice driver.
By the table at https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/overview.html ice 
driver should support these actions.

Specifications:

     NIC version:                E810-C, 2x100G
     Firmware version:     4.7
     Kernel Driver:             1.16.3
     DDP:                             1.3.39.1
     DDP Comms                1.3.46.0

DPDK versions that did not accept the rules: 23.11, 24.11

Testpmd start: sudo dpdk-testpmd -a 0000:af:00.1 
--log-level=pmd.net.ice.driver:8 --file-prefix=sad -l 0,1 -- --txq=4 
--rxq=4 -i --disable-rss

input:
testpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 dst is 159.58.1.0 src 
is 195.168.1.0 / end actions count identifier 128 / drop / end

output:
ice_flow_create(): Failed to create flow
port_flow_complain(): Caught PMD error type 16 (specific action): cause: 
0x7ffc0c519398, Invalid action type: Invalid argument

input:
testpmd>  flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 dst is 159.58.1.0 src 
is 195.168.1.0 / end actions mark id 2 / drop / end

output:
ice_flow_create(): Failed to create flow
port_flow_complain(): Caught PMD error type 16 (specific action): cause: 
0x7fffc6ce9648, Invalid action type: Invalid argument

However, on DPDK version 23.07 both rules are accepted without an issue.

Were these features deprecated? Alternatively, is there any workaround 
for counting packets matched against a rule?

Thanks,
Adam.

Re: DPDK v23.11+ issue with Intel ICE driver and rte_flow 'count' and 'mark' actions

[Vladimir Medvedkin]

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Hi Adam,

Try to add "group 2", like:
>flow create 0 group 2 ingress pattern eth ...



пт, 24 янв. 2025 г. в 16:53, Adam Kiripolský <Adam.Kiripolsky@cesnet.cz>:

> Hello all,
>
> Ita stumbled upon an issue with rte_flow 'count' and 'mark' actions on
> DPDK version 23.11 and higher on Intel ice driver.
> By the table at https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/overview.html ice
> driver should support these actions.
>
> Specifications:
>
>      NIC version:                E810-C, 2x100G
>      Firmware version:     4.7
>      Kernel Driver:             1.16.3
>      DDP:                             1.3.39.1
>      DDP Comms                1.3.46.0
>
> DPDK versions that did not accept the rules: 23.11, 24.11
>
> Testpmd start: sudo dpdk-testpmd -a 0000:af:00.1
> --log-level=pmd.net.ice.driver:8 --file-prefix=sad -l 0,1 -- --txq=4
> --rxq=4 -i --disable-rss
>
> input:
> testpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 dst is 159.58.1.0 src
> is 195.168.1.0 / end actions count identifier 128 / drop / end
>
> output:
> ice_flow_create(): Failed to create flow
> port_flow_complain(): Caught PMD error type 16 (specific action): cause:
> 0x7ffc0c519398, Invalid action type: Invalid argument
>
> input:
> testpmd>  flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv4 dst is 159.58.1.0 src
> is 195.168.1.0 / end actions mark id 2 / drop / end
>
> output:
> ice_flow_create(): Failed to create flow
> port_flow_complain(): Caught PMD error type 16 (specific action): cause:
> 0x7fffc6ce9648, Invalid action type: Invalid argument
>
> However, on DPDK version 23.07 both rules are accepted without an issue.
>
> Were these features deprecated? Alternatively, is there any workaround
> for counting packets matched against a rule?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam.
>
>

-- 
Regards,
Vladimir

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