[PATCH 5/9] net/mlx5: lazily allocate HWS pop VLAN action

Dariusz Sosnowski dsosnowski at nvidia.com
Wed Feb 25 12:59:13 CET 2026


HWS pop_vlan action is used to implement OF_POP_VLAN rte_flow action.
It was allocated either on port start or on rte_flow_configure().
This could cause unnecessary FW resource usage
if user did not use any OF_POP_VLAN action.

This patch extends global actions internal API,
introduced in previous commits, to allow lazy allocation
of HWS pop_vlan action. It will be allocated on first use
and will be allocated per domain to minimize FW resource usage.

Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h                    |  1 -
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c            | 20 ++++++++++----------
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.h |  5 +++++
 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 43553b1f35..9e46a8cee8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -2111,7 +2111,6 @@ struct mlx5_priv {
 	/* HW steering rte flow group list header */
 	LIST_HEAD(flow_hw_grp, mlx5_flow_group) flow_hw_grp;
 	struct mlx5dr_action *hw_push_vlan[MLX5DR_TABLE_TYPE_MAX];
-	struct mlx5dr_action *hw_pop_vlan[MLX5DR_TABLE_TYPE_MAX];
 	struct mlx5dr_action **hw_vport;
 	/* HWS global actions. */
 	struct mlx5_hws_global_actions hw_global_actions;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
index 54c30264b2..21c61bce90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
@@ -2753,8 +2753,16 @@ __flow_hw_translate_actions_template(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			masks += of_vlan_offset;
 			break;
 		case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_OF_POP_VLAN:
-			acts->rule_acts[dr_pos].action =
-				priv->hw_pop_vlan[type];
+			dr_action = mlx5_hws_global_action_pop_vlan_get(priv, type, is_root);
+			if (dr_action == NULL) {
+				DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u failed to allocate pop VLAN action",
+					priv->dev_data->port_id);
+				rte_flow_error_set(&sub_error, ENOMEM,
+						   RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_STATE, NULL,
+						   "failed to allocate pop VLAN action");
+				goto err;
+			}
+			acts->rule_acts[dr_pos].action = dr_action;
 			break;
 		case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_JUMP:
 			if (masks->conf &&
@@ -11377,10 +11385,6 @@ flow_hw_destroy_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	enum mlx5dr_table_type i;
 
 	for (i = MLX5DR_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_RX; i < MLX5DR_TABLE_TYPE_MAX; i++) {
-		if (priv->hw_pop_vlan[i]) {
-			mlx5dr_action_destroy(priv->hw_pop_vlan[i]);
-			priv->hw_pop_vlan[i] = NULL;
-		}
 		if (priv->hw_push_vlan[i]) {
 			mlx5dr_action_destroy(priv->hw_push_vlan[i]);
 			priv->hw_push_vlan[i] = NULL;
@@ -11401,10 +11405,6 @@ _create_vlan(struct mlx5_priv *priv, enum mlx5dr_table_type type)
 	};
 
 	/* rte_errno is set in the mlx5dr_action* functions. */
-	priv->hw_pop_vlan[type] =
-		mlx5dr_action_create_pop_vlan(priv->dr_ctx, flags[type]);
-	if (!priv->hw_pop_vlan[type])
-		return -rte_errno;
 	priv->hw_push_vlan[type] =
 		mlx5dr_action_create_push_vlan(priv->dr_ctx, flags[type]);
 	if (!priv->hw_push_vlan[type])
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.c
index 1ca444ce98..236e6f1d1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ mlx5_hws_global_actions_cleanup(struct mlx5_priv *priv)
 
 	global_actions_array_cleanup(priv, &priv->hw_global_actions.drop, "drop");
 	global_actions_array_cleanup(priv, &priv->hw_global_actions.tag, "tag");
+	global_actions_array_cleanup(priv, &priv->hw_global_actions.pop_vlan, "pop_vlan");
 
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(&priv->hw_global_actions.lock);
 }
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ action_create_tag_cb(struct mlx5dr_context *ctx,
 	return mlx5dr_action_create_tag(ctx, action_flags);
 }
 
+static struct mlx5dr_action *
+action_create_pop_vlan_cb(struct mlx5dr_context *ctx,
+			  uint32_t action_flags)
+{
+	return mlx5dr_action_create_pop_vlan(ctx, action_flags);
+}
+
 static struct mlx5dr_action *
 global_action_get(struct mlx5_priv *priv,
 		  struct mlx5_hws_global_actions_array *array,
@@ -124,3 +132,16 @@ mlx5_hws_global_action_tag_get(struct mlx5_priv *priv,
 				 is_root,
 				 action_create_tag_cb);
 }
+
+struct mlx5dr_action *
+mlx5_hws_global_action_pop_vlan_get(struct mlx5_priv *priv,
+				    enum mlx5dr_table_type table_type,
+				    bool is_root)
+{
+	return global_action_get(priv,
+				 &priv->hw_global_actions.pop_vlan,
+				 "pop_vlan",
+				 table_type,
+				 is_root,
+				 action_create_pop_vlan_cb);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.h
index bec9f3e0e8..d04ebc42be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_hws_global_actions.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct mlx5_hws_global_actions_array {
 struct mlx5_hws_global_actions {
 	struct mlx5_hws_global_actions_array drop;
 	struct mlx5_hws_global_actions_array tag;
+	struct mlx5_hws_global_actions_array pop_vlan;
 	rte_spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
@@ -41,4 +42,8 @@ struct mlx5dr_action *mlx5_hws_global_action_tag_get(struct mlx5_priv *priv,
 						     enum mlx5dr_table_type table_type,
 						     bool is_root);
 
+struct mlx5dr_action *mlx5_hws_global_action_pop_vlan_get(struct mlx5_priv *priv,
+							  enum mlx5dr_table_type table_type,
+							  bool is_root);
+
 #endif /* !RTE_PMD_MLX5_HWS_GLOBAL_ACTIONS_H_ */
-- 
2.47.3



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