[PATCH] net/mlx5: fix modify field operation validation

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2022 4:42 PM
> To: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>; Suanming Mou <suanmingm at nvidia.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix modify field operation validation
> 
> This patch removes the following checks from validation
> of modify field action:
> 
> - rejection of ADD operation,
> - offsets should be aligned to 4 bytes.
> 
> These limitations were removed in
> commit 0f4aa72b99da ("net/mlx5: support flow modify field with HWS"),
> but non-HWS validation was not updated.
> 
> Notes about these limitations are removed from mlx5 PMD docs.
> On top of that, the current offsetting behavior in modify field action
> is clarified in the mlx5 docs.
> 
> Fixes: 0f4aa72b99da ("net/mlx5: support flow modify field with HWS")
> Cc: suanmingm at nvidia.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>

Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh