[PATCH 22.11 v2] net/mlx5: fix Tx metadata pattern template mismatch
Shani Peretz
shperetz at nvidia.com
Thu Nov 20 19:45:21 CET 2025
When representor matching is disabled with dv_xmeta_en=4, the Tx metadata
copy flows use SQ (send queue) pattern matching, but the pattern template
was still configured to use ETH match-all pattern. This mismatch causes
hardware to reject the flows with error CQEs during port configuration.
This patch fixes the issue by using SQ-based pattern template
(flow_hw_create_tx_repr_sq_pattern_tmpl) instead of the ETH match-all
template (flow_hw_create_tx_default_mreg_copy_pattern_template).
Fixes: 4f0537afcc45 ("net/mlx5: fix multi-process Tx default rules")
Signed-off-by: Shani Peretz <shperetz at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>
---
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c | 42 +--------------------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
index a85b49d284..1ca8c8cd80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
@@ -5781,46 +5781,6 @@ flow_hw_create_ctrl_port_pattern_template(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
return flow_hw_pattern_template_create(dev, &attr, items, error);
}
-/*
- * Creating a flow pattern template with all ETH packets matching.
- * This template is used to set up a table for default Tx copy (Tx metadata
- * to REG_C_1) flow rule usage.
- *
- * @param dev
- * Pointer to Ethernet device.
- * @param error
- * Pointer to error structure.
- *
- * @return
- * Pointer to flow pattern template on success, NULL otherwise.
- */
-static struct rte_flow_pattern_template *
-flow_hw_create_tx_default_mreg_copy_pattern_template(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
- struct rte_flow_error *error)
-{
- struct rte_flow_pattern_template_attr tx_pa_attr = {
- .relaxed_matching = 0,
- .egress = 1,
- };
- struct rte_flow_item_eth promisc = {
- .dst.addr_bytes = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 },
- .src.addr_bytes = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 },
- .type = 0,
- };
- struct rte_flow_item eth_all[] = {
- [0] = {
- .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
- .spec = &promisc,
- .mask = &promisc,
- },
- [1] = {
- .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END,
- },
- };
-
- return flow_hw_pattern_template_create(dev, &tx_pa_attr, eth_all, error);
-}
-
/*
* Creating a flow pattern template with all LACP packets matching, only for NIC
* ingress domain.
@@ -6523,7 +6483,7 @@ flow_hw_create_ctrl_tables(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow_error *error
/* Create templates and table for default Tx metadata copy flow rule. */
if (!repr_matching && xmeta == MLX5_XMETA_MODE_META32_HWS) {
hw_ctrl_fdb->tx_meta_items_tmpl =
- flow_hw_create_tx_default_mreg_copy_pattern_template(dev, error);
+ flow_hw_create_tx_repr_sq_pattern_tmpl(dev, error);
if (!hw_ctrl_fdb->tx_meta_items_tmpl) {
DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u failed to Tx metadata copy pattern"
" template for control flows", dev->data->port_id);
--
2.34.1
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