[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: improve validation of item order

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Xiaoyu Min
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 11:46 AM
> To: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>; Shahaf Shuler
> <shahafs at mellanox.com>; Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at mellanox.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Ori Kam <orika at mellanox.com>; stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/mlx5: improve validation of item order
> 
> The Item order validation between L2 and L3 is missing, which leading to
> the following flow rule is accepted:
> 
>   testpmd> flow create 0 ingress pattern ipv4 / eth / end actions drop /
>            end
> 
> Only the outer L3 layer should check whether the L2 layer is present,
> because the L3 layer could directly follow the tunnel layer
> without L2 layer.
> 
> Meanwhile inner L2 layer should check whether there is inner L3 layer
> before it.
> 
> Fixes: 23c1d42c7138 ("net/mlx5: split flow validation to dedicated function")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyu Min <jackmin at mellanox.com>
> ---


Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh