[dpdk-dev] [PATCH V2 1/1] net/mlx5: fix IPv6 next proto validation

[Eli Britstein]

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On 10/20/2020 4:19 PM, Eli Britstein wrote:
> Previous patch added validation of the IPv6 next proto field, in order
> to overcome a known limitation.
> One of the values checked is IPPROTO_HOPOPTS, which is defined as 0.
> If proto field is not specified for matching, or mask=0, as in the
> following, a wrong validation takes place.
> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv6 has_frag_ext is 0 / end actions
> drop / end
> Fix the validation only on proto asked by the user.
>
> Fixes: 55e4c1d1ba73 ("net/mlx5: enforce limitation on IPv6 next proto")
>
> Signed-off-by: Eli Britstein <elibr at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Dekel Peled <dekelp at nvidia.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> index c56dac89f9..e0ca8e06b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> @@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ mlx5_flow_validate_item_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
>   					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM, item,
>   					  "IPv6 cannot follow L2/VLAN layer "
>   					  "which ether type is not IPv6");
> -	if (mask && spec)
> +	if (mask && mask->hdr.proto && spec)
>   		next_proto = mask->hdr.proto & spec->hdr.proto;
>   	if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPV6_ENCAP) {
>   		if (next_proto == IPPROTO_IPIP || next_proto == IPPROTO_IPV6)