[PATCH 24.11] net/mlx5: fix Tx metadata pattern template mismatch

[Kevin Traynor]

On 20/11/2025 10:51, Shani Peretz wrote:
> 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: 593fb3fdfa10 ("net/mlx5: fix multi process Tx default rules")

Hi Shani,

About the Fixed commit, is it this one from main branch ?

2f1bb792ad51 ("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 208f50fbfd..b64ba9b46b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c
> @@ -10185,46 +10185,6 @@ 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 = {
> -		.hdr.dst_addr.addr_bytes = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 },
> -		.hdr.src_addr.addr_bytes = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 },
> -		.hdr.ether_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.
> @@ -10930,7 +10890,7 @@ flow_hw_create_fdb_ctrl_tables(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow_error *e
>  	/* 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);