[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/bnxt: fix check for null spec and mask

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 8:29 PM Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
wrote:

> bnxt_validate_and_parse_flow_type already has protocol specific NULL
> checks for rte_flow_item spec and mask and take actions accordingly.
> A check at the top of the loop is redundant and is preventing the
> protocol specific checks from being executed.
>
> Fixes: b7e01f386059 ("net/bnxt: handle cleanup if flow creation fails")
>
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde at broadcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Santoshkumar Karanappa Rastapur <
> santosh.rastapur at broadcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur at broadcom.com>
>
Patch applied to dpdk-next-net-brcm.


> ---
>  drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c
> index 5af571448..76e9584da 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c
> @@ -177,14 +177,6 @@ bnxt_validate_and_parse_flow_type(struct bnxt *bp,
>                         return -rte_errno;
>                 }
>
> -               if (!item->spec || !item->mask) {
> -                       rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> -                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
> -                                          item,
> -                                          "spec/mask is NULL");
> -                       return -rte_errno;
> -               }
> -
>                 switch (item->type) {
>                 case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ANY:
>                         inner =
> --
> 2.21.0 (Apple Git-122.2)
>
>