[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: fix flow validation

[Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>]

Item spec and last are wrongly compared to the NIC capability causing a
validation failure when the mask is null.
This validation function should only verify the user is not configuring
unsupported matching fields.

Fixes: 2097d0d1e2cc ("net/mlx5: support basic flow items and actions")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>

---

Changes in v2:

- Simplify verification by testing only item->mask and item->last.
- add a comment to explain the loop verification.
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 77 ++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
index 129311d50..38811bbce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ struct ibv_spec_header {
 };
 
 /**
- * Check support for a given item.
+ * Check item is fully supported by the NIC matching capability.
  *
  * @param item[in]
  *   Item specification.
@@ -555,60 +555,33 @@ static int
 mlx5_flow_item_validate(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
 			const uint8_t *mask, unsigned int size)
 {
-	if (!item->spec && (item->mask || item->last)) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		return -rte_errno;
-	}
-	if (item->spec && !item->mask) {
-		unsigned int i;
-		const uint8_t *spec = item->spec;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-			if ((spec[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i]) {
-				rte_errno = EINVAL;
-				return -rte_errno;
-			}
-	}
-	if (item->last && !item->mask) {
-		unsigned int i;
-		const uint8_t *spec = item->last;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-			if ((spec[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i]) {
-				rte_errno = EINVAL;
-				return -rte_errno;
-			}
-	}
-	if (item->mask) {
-		unsigned int i;
-		const uint8_t *spec = item->spec;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-			if ((spec[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i]) {
-				rte_errno = EINVAL;
-				return -rte_errno;
-			}
-	}
-	if (item->spec && item->last) {
-		uint8_t spec[size];
-		uint8_t last[size];
-		const uint8_t *apply = mask;
-		unsigned int i;
-		int ret;
+	unsigned int i;
+	const uint8_t *spec = item->spec;
+	const uint8_t *last = item->last;
+	const uint8_t *m = item->mask ? item->mask : mask;
 
-		if (item->mask)
-			apply = item->mask;
-		for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-			spec[i] = ((const uint8_t *)item->spec)[i] & apply[i];
-			last[i] = ((const uint8_t *)item->last)[i] & apply[i];
-		}
-		ret = memcmp(spec, last, size);
-		if (ret != 0) {
-			rte_errno = EINVAL;
-			return -rte_errno;
-		}
+	if (!spec && (item->mask || last))
+		goto error;
+	if (!spec)
+		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * Single-pass check to make sure that:
+	 * - item->mask is supported, no bits are set outside mask.
+	 * - Both masked item->spec and item->last are equal (no range
+	 *   supported).
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+		if (!m[i])
+			continue;
+		if ((m[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i])
+			goto error;
+		if (last && ((spec[i] & m[i]) != (last[i] & m[i])))
+			goto error;
 	}
 	return 0;
+error:
+	rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+	return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.17.0