[dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix meter yellow policy with RSS action

[Raslan Darawsheh]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bing Zhao <bingz at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 4:19 PM
> To: Slava Ovsiienko <viacheslavo at nvidia.com>; Matan Azrad
> <matan at nvidia.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Raslan Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>;
> stable at dpdk.org
> Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: fix meter yellow policy with RSS action
> 
> The RSS configuration in a policy action container was a pointer inside an
> union, and the pointer area could be used as other fate action. In the current
> implementation, the RSS of the green color was prior to that of the yellow
> color. There was a high posibility the pointer was considered as the RSS and
> result in a error flow expansion when only the yellow color had the RSS
> action.
> 
> The check of the fate action type should also be done to get rid of the
> misjudgment.
> 
> Fixes: b38a12272b3a ("net/mlx5: split meter color policy handling")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bingz at nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>

Patch applied to next-net-mlx,

Kindest regards,
Raslan Darawsheh