[PATCH] app/testpmd: fix use of indirect action after port close

[Thomas Monjalon]

12/04/2022 07:41, Singh, Aman Deep:
> On 4/11/2022 2:01 AM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> >> From: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dkozlyuk at nvidia.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 1:57 AM
> >> [...]
> >>> From: Singh, Aman Deep <aman.deep.singh at intel.com>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 5:24 PM
> >>> [...]
> >>> On 3/7/2022 10:18 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> >>>> When a port was closed, indirect actions could remain
> >>>> with their handles no longer valid.
> >>>> If a newly attached device was assigned the same ID as the closed
> >> port,
> >>>> those indirect actions became accessible again.
> >>>> Any attempt to use them resulted in an undefined behavior.
> >>>> Automatically flush indirect actions when a port is closed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixes: 4b61b8774be9 ("ethdev: introduce indirect flow action")
> >>>> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dkozlyuk at nvidia.com>
> >>>> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>> From: guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
> >>> /"If ``RTE_ETH_DEV_CAPA_FLOW_SHARED_OBJECT_KEEP`` is advertised,//
> >>> //this means that the PMD can keep at least some indirect actions//
> >>> //across device stop and start.
> >>>
> >>> /Please check, if we are inline with the guidelines given in the
> >> section.
> >>
> >> This patch is related to port closing, not port stopping.
> >> Flow API resources are owned by the port,
> >> so they cannot be valid when the port is closed and its ethdev removed.
> >> TestPMD was keeping indirect action handles contrary to this.
> Agreed, at port close these should be flushed. LGTM
> 
> Acked-by: Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh at intel.com>

Applied in next-net, thanks.