[PATCH v2 2/2] net/bnxt: fix MAC address removal

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon,  7 Sep 2026 13:17:24 +0200
David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> index c6f566c214..d37e2d16c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> @@ -2019,14 +2019,21 @@ static void bnxt_mac_addr_remove_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
>  				    uint32_t index)
>  {
>  	struct bnxt *bp = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
> -	uint64_t pool_mask = eth_dev->data->mac_pool_sel[index];
> +	uint64_t pool_mask;
>  	struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic;
>  	struct bnxt_filter_info *filter, *temp_filter;
>  	uint32_t i;
> +	bool vmdq;
>  
>  	if (is_bnxt_in_error(bp))
>  		return;
>  
> +	vmdq = (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG) != 0;
> +	if (!vmdq)
> +		pool_mask = 1;
> +	else
> +		pool_mask = eth_dev->data->mac_pool_sel[index];
> +

Why bother with the vmdq temporary at all here?
	if (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_FLAG)
		pool_mask = 1;
	else
		pool_mask = eth_dev->data->mac_pool_sel[index];

Or use ternary if you want here.