RE: [PATCH V1 3/4] net/mlx5: remove unneeded FDB flag on representor action

[Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ophir Munk <ophirmu@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 13:02
> To: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>; Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>; Ori Kam
> <orika@nvidia.com>; Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>; Matan Azrad
> <matan@nvidia.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@nvidia.com>; Jiawei(Jonny)
> Wang <jiaweiw@nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH V1 3/4] net/mlx5: remove unneeded FDB flag on representor
> action
> 
> From: Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>
> 
> The "send_to_kernel" action is shared and created during the HWS configuration
> stage. By default, the NIC Rx and Tx flags are needed.
> 
> There is only one case that the FDB* flags are needed when creating the action,
> the same as other shared actions. Only the transfer proxy port needs the FDB*
> flags for shared actions.
> 
> Removing the unneeded FDB flags will help to save the resources of memory and
> STCs.
> 
> Fixes: 07836ba156cb ("net/mlx5: fix device checking for send to kernel action")
> Cc: jiaweiw@nvidia.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bingz@nvidia.com>

Acked-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>

Best regards,
Dariusz Sosnowski