[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: do not allow copy to mark via modify field

[Alexander Kozyrev]

Mark requires a tag resource to be registered as part of
the value assigning. It is not possible during a copy
operation from a packet field. Forbid this in MODIFY_FIELD.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
index dafd37ab93..26b901e32e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
@@ -4797,10 +4797,11 @@ flow_dv_validate_action_modify_field(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				"source and destination fields"
 				" cannot be the same");
 	if (action_modify_field->dst.field == RTE_FLOW_FIELD_VALUE ||
-	    action_modify_field->dst.field == RTE_FLOW_FIELD_POINTER)
+	    action_modify_field->dst.field == RTE_FLOW_FIELD_POINTER ||
+	    action_modify_field->dst.field == RTE_FLOW_FIELD_MARK)
 		return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
 				RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION, action,
-				"immediate value or a pointer to it"
+				"mark, immediate value or a pointer to it"
 				" cannot be used as a destination");
 	if (action_modify_field->dst.field == RTE_FLOW_FIELD_START ||
 	    action_modify_field->src.field == RTE_FLOW_FIELD_START)
-- 
2.18.2