[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix validate set meta action for zero value

[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix validate set meta action for zero value

[Wisam Jaddo]

There is no reason to prevent the user from using zero metadata,
it indeed means no metadata, but sometimes the user may need to
report to datapath that there is no metadata anymore, which is
valid case.

Fixes: fcc8d2f716fd ("net/mlx5: extend flow metadata support")
Cc: viacheslavo@mellanox.com
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Wisam Jaddo <wisamm@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
index e7278f0..e2d6690 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
@@ -2109,10 +2109,6 @@ flow_dv_validate_action_set_meta(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
 					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION, action,
 					  "meta data must be within reg C0");
-	if (!(conf->data & conf->mask))
-		return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
-					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION, action,
-					  "zero value has no effect");
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix validate set meta action for zero value

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wisam Monther <wisamm@mellanox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:25 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>; Matan
> Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
> Cc: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>; stable@dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix validate set meta action for zero value
> 
> There is no reason to prevent the user from using zero metadata,
> it indeed means no metadata, but sometimes the user may need to
> report to datapath that there is no metadata anymore, which is
> valid case.
> 
> Fixes: fcc8d2f716fd ("net/mlx5: extend flow metadata support")
> Cc: viacheslavo@mellanox.com
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wisam Jaddo <wisamm@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> index e7278f0..e2d6690 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> @@ -2109,10 +2109,6 @@ flow_dv_validate_action_set_meta(struct
> rte_eth_dev *dev,
>  		return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
>  					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
> action,
>  					  "meta data must be within reg C0");
> -	if (!(conf->data & conf->mask))
> -		return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> -					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
> action,
> -					  "zero value has no effect");
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> --
> 2.7.4


Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh