[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] net/mlx5: support basic flow items and actions

[Ferruh Yigit]

Hi Nelio,

A quick question.

On 12/29/2016 3:15 PM, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:
> Introduce initial software for rte_flow rules.
> 
> VLAN, VXLAN are still not supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com>
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

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> +static int
> +priv_flow_validate(struct priv *priv,
> +		   const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
> +		   const struct rte_flow_item items[],
> +		   const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
> +		   struct rte_flow_error *error,
> +		   struct mlx5_flow *flow)
> +{
> +	const struct mlx5_flow_items *cur_item = mlx5_flow_items;

<...>

> +	for (; items->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; ++items) {
<...>
> +	}
> +	for (; actions->type != RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END; ++actions) {
<...>
> +	}

Is it guarantied in somewhere that items or actions terminated with
TYPE_END?
And these fields are direct inputs from user.
Is there a way to verify user provided values are with TYPE_END terminated?

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