[PATCH] net/mlx5: fix the E-Switch mirror flow rule validation

[Ori Kam]

Hi Jiawei,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiawei Wang <jiaweiw at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 9:43 AM
> 
> The port action and jump to flow table action are not supported
> in the mirror flows (RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SAMPLE with sample ratio=1)
> in E-Switch domain (transfer attribute set) without presented encap
> action.
> 
> The encap action is supported for uplink port only. So, if flow with
> mirroring contains  encap action application should provide encap
> and uplink port actions in the mirror action list and PMD validates
> this condition (to make sure we cover the hardware limitation).
> 
> This patch adds the validation for E-Switch mirror flow rule checking
> and rejects as invalid.
> 
> Fixes: 6a951567c159 ("net/mlx5: support E-Switch mirroring and jump in one
> flow")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiawei Wang <jiaweiw at nvidia.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>
Best,
Ori