[PATCH] net/mlx5: fix failure on device start for default rules

Raslan Darawsheh rasland at nvidia.com
Mon Aug 18 08:31:34 CEST 2025


Hi,


On 30/07/2025 2:35 PM, Maayan Kashani wrote:
> As part of non-template implementation,
> new default rule was added in HWS mode (dv_flow_en=2)
> in case dv_xmeta_en=4 (32bits extended META for HWS mode).
> In case the proxy port did not start, and it was not configured,
> it failed to create this rule and failed to start port representors.
> 
> Added ignore for this failure to align to other default rules
> creation failure behaviour, and to enable testing port representors
>   w/o starting the proxy port.
> 
> Fixes: 821a6a5cc495 ("net/mlx5: add metadata split for compatibility")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maayan Kashani <mkashani at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Bing Zhao <bingz at nvidia.com>

Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards
Raslan Darawsheh



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