[PATCH v4 07/10] net/mlx5: remove redundant MAC address index checks

David Marchand david.marchand at redhat.com
Thu Jul 9 18:02:43 CEST 2026


On the net/mlx5 side, the OS specific helpers do not need to implement
again checks on the MAC index, the cde from mlx5_mac.c already does this.

Cascading this consideration, validating the MAC index against
MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES in common code is also redundant.
The common code only deals with netlink, remove any index concern.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.c | 17 ++---------------
 drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.h |  4 ++--
 drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c    |  9 ++++-----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.c
index 85736738ac..ceb504f84d 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.c
@@ -719,8 +719,6 @@ mlx5_nl_vf_mac_addr_modify(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
  *   Net device interface index.
  * @param mac
  *   MAC address to register.
- * @param index
- *   MAC address index.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
@@ -728,16 +726,11 @@ mlx5_nl_vf_mac_addr_modify(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
 RTE_EXPORT_INTERNAL_SYMBOL(mlx5_nl_mac_addr_add)
 int
 mlx5_nl_mac_addr_add(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
-		     struct rte_ether_addr *mac, uint32_t index)
+		     struct rte_ether_addr *mac)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = mlx5_nl_mac_addr_modify(nlsk_fd, iface_idx, mac, 1);
-	if (!ret) {
-		MLX5_ASSERT(index < MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES);
-		if (index >= MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
 	if (ret == -EEXIST)
 		return 0;
 	return ret;
@@ -752,8 +745,6 @@ mlx5_nl_mac_addr_add(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
  *   Net device interface index.
  * @param mac
  *   MAC address to remove.
- * @param index
- *   MAC address index.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
@@ -761,12 +752,8 @@ mlx5_nl_mac_addr_add(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
 RTE_EXPORT_INTERNAL_SYMBOL(mlx5_nl_mac_addr_remove)
 int
 mlx5_nl_mac_addr_remove(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
-			struct rte_ether_addr *mac, uint32_t index)
+			struct rte_ether_addr *mac)
 {
-	MLX5_ASSERT(index < MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES);
-	if (index >= MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return mlx5_nl_mac_addr_modify(nlsk_fd, iface_idx, mac, 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.h b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.h
index 256ed7e2b7..500198b654 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.h
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.h
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ __rte_internal
 int mlx5_nl_init(int protocol, int groups);
 __rte_internal
 int mlx5_nl_mac_addr_add(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
-			 struct rte_ether_addr *mac, uint32_t index);
+			 struct rte_ether_addr *mac);
 __rte_internal
 int mlx5_nl_mac_addr_remove(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
-			    struct rte_ether_addr *mac, uint32_t index);
+			    struct rte_ether_addr *mac);
 __rte_internal
 void mlx5_nl_mac_addr_sync(int nlsk_fd, unsigned int iface_idx,
 			   struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addrs, int n);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
index 9fd366b10a..1b241ba9d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
@@ -3382,9 +3382,8 @@ mlx5_os_mac_addr_remove(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t index)
 	if (vf)
 		mlx5_nl_mac_addr_remove(priv->nl_socket_route,
 					mlx5_ifindex(dev),
-					&dev->data->mac_addrs[index], index);
-	if (index < MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES)
-		BITFIELD_RESET(priv->mac_own, index);
+					&dev->data->mac_addrs[index]);
+	BITFIELD_RESET(priv->mac_own, index);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3411,7 +3410,7 @@ mlx5_os_mac_addr_add(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_ether_addr *mac,
 	if (vf)
 		ret = mlx5_nl_mac_addr_add(priv->nl_socket_route,
 					   mlx5_ifindex(dev),
-					   mac, index);
+					   mac);
 	if (!ret)
 		BITFIELD_SET(priv->mac_own, index);
 
@@ -3502,7 +3501,7 @@ mlx5_os_mac_addr_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			if (vf)
 				mlx5_nl_mac_addr_remove(priv->nl_socket_route,
 							mlx5_ifindex(dev),
-							&dev->data->mac_addrs[i], i);
+							&dev->data->mac_addrs[i]);
 			BITFIELD_RESET(priv->mac_own, i);
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.54.0



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