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

[Kishore Padmanabha]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM Evgeny Sokolov <Evgeny.Sokolov at infotecs.ru>
wrote:

> 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");
>                 }
>
Acked-by:  Kishore Padmanabha <kishore.padmanabha at broadcom.com>

> --
> 2.30.2
>
>
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