[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: workaround not supported drop action on the root table

[Thomas Monjalon]

02/08/2021 16:30, Suanming Mou:
> Currently, there are two types of drop action implementation
> in the PMD. One is the DR(Direct Rules) dummy placeholder drop
> action and another is the dedicated dummy queue drop action.
> When creates flow on the root table with DR drop action, the
> action will be converted to MLX5_IB_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_FLAGS_DROP
> Verbs attribute in rdma-core.
> 
> In some inbox systems, MLX5_IB_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_FLAGS_DROP Verbs
> attribute may not be supported in the kernel driver. Create flow
> with drop action on the root table will be failed as it is not
> supported. In this case, the dummy queue drop action should be
> used instead of DR dummy placeholder drop action.
> 
> This commit adds the DR drop action support detect on the root
> table. If MLX5_IB_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_FLAGS_DROP Verbs is not
> supported in the system, a dummy queue will be used as drop
> action.
> 
> Fixes: da845ae9d7c1 ("net/mlx5: fix drop action for Direct Rules/Verbs")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suanming Mou <suanmingm at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>

Applied, thanks.