[PATCH v2] net/mlx5: promote private API to stable

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,


On 29/05/2026 10:32 AM, Dariusz Sosnowski wrote:
> Following experimental functions are exposed by mlx5 PMD
> since 25.11 release:
> 
> - rte_pmd_mlx5_driver_event_cb_register
> - rte_pmd_mlx5_driver_event_cb_unregister
> - rte_pmd_mlx5_enable_steering
> - rte_pmd_mlx5_disable_steering
> 
> First two are used to register callbacks for driver events
> (when Rx/Tx queues are created or destroyed).
> Other two are used to enable/disable flow steering in mlx5 PMD.
> No changes were made and no changes are planned to these symbols.
> 
> These are currently used by NVIDIA DOCA SDK since version 3.3,
> which started depending on upstream DPDK releases [1].
> Purpose of their use is to:
> 
> - expose HW identifiers of Rx/Tx mlx5 queues managed by DPDK and
> - allow flow steering to happen outside of DPDK.
> 
> Also, some of these symbols will be used by netdev-doca backend
> in Open vSwitch [2].
> Whenever a DOCA netdev would be added/removed in Open vSwitch,
> it will have to disable/enable steering for mlx5 driver.
> Stabilizing these symbols is required by current OVS policy
> to remove the need for ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API [3].
> 
> This patch promotes aforementioned symbols to stable.
> 
> [1]: https://docs.nvidia.com/doca/sdk/customer-affecting-changes/index.html
> [2]: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openvswitch/list/?series=504726&state=%2A&archive=both
> [3]: https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2026-May/432066.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski at nvidia.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Updated 26.07 release notes.
> 
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst | 9 +++++++++
>   drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_driver_event.c   | 4 ++--
>   drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c           | 4 ++--
>   drivers/net/mlx5/rte_pmd_mlx5.h        | 4 ----
>   4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
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Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards
Raslan Darawsheh