[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: fix zero value validation for metadata
Raslan Darawsheh
rasland at mellanox.com
Sun Mar 29 16:06:42 CEST 2020
Hi,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wisam Monther <wisamm at mellanox.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:22 PM
> To: Ori Kam <orika at mellanox.com>; Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>;
> dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at mellanox.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
> <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: fix zero value validation for metadata
>
> MARK and META items are interrelated with datapath -
> they might move from/to the applications in mbuf.
>
> zero value for these items has the special meaning -
> it means "no metadata are provided", not zero values
> are treated by applications and PMD as valid ones.
>
> Moreover in the flow engine domain the value zero is
> acceptable to match and set, and we should allow to
> specify zero values as rte_flow parameters for the
> META and MARK items and actions. In the same time
> zero mask has no meaning and and should be rejected
> on validation stage.
>
> Fixes: fcc8d2f716fd ("net/mlx5: extend flow metadata support")
> Fixes: e554b672aa05 ("net/mlx5: support flow tag")
> Fixes: 55deee1715f0 ("net/mlx5: extend flow mark support")
> Cc: viacheslavo at mellanox.com
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Wisam Jaddo <wisamm at mellanox.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2
> - Fix commit message
> - Fix documentation
> - Remove extra line
> - Always check for zero mask
> ---
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> index e8f9984df0..e13c07d9ab 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
> @@ -1275,6 +1275,18 @@ Supported hardware offloads
> | | | ConnectX-5 | | ConnectX-5 |
> +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
>
> +Notes for metadata
> +------------------
> +MARK and META items are interrelated with datapath - they might move
> from/to
> +the applications in mbuf fields. Hence, zero value for these items has the
> +special meaning - it means "no metadata are provided", not zero values are
> +treated by applications and PMD as valid ones.
> +
> +Moreover in the flow engine domain the value zero is acceptable to match
> and
> +set, and we should allow to specify zero values as rte_flow parameters for
> the
> +META and MARK items and actions. In the same time zero mask has no
> meaning and
> +should be rejected on validation stage.
> +
> Notes for testpmd
> -----------------
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> index 809833b7ee..da4a925404 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
> @@ -1406,6 +1406,11 @@ flow_dv_validate_item_mark(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev,
> "mark id exceeds the limit");
> if (!mask)
> mask = &nic_mask;
> + if (!mask->id)
> + return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> +
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC, NULL,
> + "mask cannot be zero");
> +
> ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
> (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
> sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_mark),
> @@ -1451,10 +1456,6 @@ flow_dv_validate_item_meta(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev __rte_unused,
>
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC,
> item->spec,
> "data cannot be empty");
> - if (!spec->data)
> - return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> -
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC, NULL,
> - "data cannot be zero");
> if (config->dv_xmeta_en != MLX5_XMETA_MODE_LEGACY) {
> if (!mlx5_flow_ext_mreg_supported(dev))
> return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
> @@ -1474,6 +1475,11 @@ flow_dv_validate_item_meta(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev __rte_unused,
> }
> if (!mask)
> mask = &rte_flow_item_meta_mask;
> + if (!mask->data)
> + return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> +
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC, NULL,
> + "mask cannot be zero");
> +
> ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
> (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
> sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_meta),
> @@ -1522,6 +1528,11 @@ flow_dv_validate_item_tag(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev,
> "data cannot be empty");
> if (!mask)
> mask = &rte_flow_item_tag_mask;
> + if (!mask->data)
> + return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
> +
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC, NULL,
> + "mask cannot be zero");
> +
> ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
> (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
> sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_tag),
> --
> 2.17.1
Patch applied to next-net-mlx,
Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh
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