[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx4: fix targetless internal rule creation

[Adrien Mazarguil]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 08:45:30AM +0000, Matan Azrad wrote:
> The corrupted code allowed to create internal rule with no any target queue
> in case the rule creation ocured before queues creation.

ocured => occurred

> 
> For example, when user calls rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set after probe
> and before dev_configure, mlx4 failis because the RSS queue number was 0.

failis => fails

> 
> The fix prevents internal rules creation before queues creation based on
> future creation before traffic start.
> 
> Fixes: 7d8675956f57 ("net/mlx4: add RSS support outside flow API")

Since adding MAC addresses before dev_configure() was not taken into account
in the design of the affected function, I suggest appending:

Fixes: bdcad2f4843a ("net/mlx4: refactor internal flow rules")

> Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan at mellanox.com>

Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil at 6wind.com>

Thanks.

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Adrien Mazarguil
6WIND