[PATCH] net/bnxt: check return code of bnxt_hwrm_vnic_rss_cfg in flow create

Evgeny Sokolov Evgeny.Sokolov at infotecs.ru
Tue Sep 15 10:50:43 CEST 2026


From: Sokolov Evgeny <Evgeny.Sokolov at infotecs.ru>

The return value of bnxt_hwrm_vnic_rss_cfg() was not checked in
bnxt_flow.c. As a result, RSS configuration failures could be
silently ignored and the flow setup could continue with an
incorrect VNIC configuration.

Check the return status and propagate the error to the caller.

Fixes: adc0f81c655 ("net/bnxt: support RSS action")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Sokolov Evgeny <Evgeny.Sokolov at infotecs.ru>
---
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c
index a2e590540b..63cfa3a045 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_flow.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,16 @@ bnxt_validate_and_parse_flow(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					       rss->key,
 					       rss->key_len);
 			}
-			bnxt_hwrm_vnic_rss_cfg(bp, vnic);
+			rc = bnxt_hwrm_vnic_rss_cfg(bp, vnic);
+			if (rc) {
+				rte_flow_error_set(error,
+						   -rc,
+						   RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
+						   act,
+						   "VNIC RSS configure failed");
+				rc = -rte_errno;
+				goto ret;
+			}
 		} else {
 			PMD_DRV_LOG_LINE(DEBUG, "No RSS config required");
 		}
-- 
2.30.2



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