[PATCH] net/intel: use rte_validate_tx_offload function correctly for i40e/iavf/ice drivers

[Medvedkin, Vladimir]

Acked-by: Vladimir Medvedkin <vladimir.medvedkin at intel.com>

On 9/16/2026 3:12 PM, Omar Munchaev wrote:
> rte_validate_tx_offload() returns 0 on success.
> The i40e, iavf and ice drivers treat any non-zero
> return as an error and drop the packet, causing valid packets to be
> dropped when Tx offload checking is enabled via EAL, e.g.:
>
>      -a 81:00.0,mbuf_check=offload
>
> Only reject the packet when the return value is not 0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Omar Munchaev <omar.munchaev at gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c | 2 +-
>   drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c | 2 +-
>   drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c   | 2 +-
>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> index e29fcff661..ee70f7ce4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
> @@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts_check(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts
>   				break;
>   			}
>   
> -			if (!rte_validate_tx_offload(mb)) {
> +			if (rte_validate_tx_offload(mb) != 0) {
>   				PMD_TX_LOG(ERR, "INVALID mbuf: TX offload setup error");
>   				pkt_error = true;
>   				break;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
> index 4f2ffe6188..10d33660d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
> @@ -3813,7 +3813,7 @@ iavf_xmit_pkts_check(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
>   				break;
>   			}
>   
> -			if (!rte_validate_tx_offload(mb)) {
> +			if (rte_validate_tx_offload(mb) != 0) {
>   				PMD_TX_LOG(ERR, "INVALID mbuf: TX offload setup error");
>   				pkt_error = true;
>   				break;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c
> index c4b5454c53..3d98d821b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_rxtx.c
> @@ -3669,7 +3669,7 @@ ice_xmit_pkts_check(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
>   				break;
>   			}
>   
> -			if (!rte_validate_tx_offload(mb)) {
> +			if (rte_validate_tx_offload(mb) != 0) {
>   				PMD_TX_LOG(ERR, "INVALID mbuf: TX offload setup error");
>   				pkt_error = true;
>   				break;

-- 
Regards,
Vladimir