[PATCH] net/mlx5/hws: fix ESP matching validation

Michael Baum michaelba at nvidia.com
Mon Jan 15 13:09:39 CET 2024


The "mlx5dr_definer_conv_item_esp()" function validates first whether
"ipsec_offload" PRM flag is on, if the flag is off the function returns
error.

The "ipsec_offload" PRM flag indicates whether IPsec encrypt/decrypt is
supported, IPsec matching may be supported even when this flag is off.

This patch removes this validation.

Fixes: 81cf20a25abf ("net/mlx5/hws: support match on ESP item")
Cc: hamdani at nvidia.com
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Michael Baum <michaelba at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Hamdan Igbaria <hamdani at nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/hws/mlx5dr_definer.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/hws/mlx5dr_definer.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/hws/mlx5dr_definer.c
index 0b60479406..7bd4ea560e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/hws/mlx5dr_definer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/hws/mlx5dr_definer.c
@@ -2240,11 +2240,6 @@ mlx5dr_definer_conv_item_esp(struct mlx5dr_definer_conv_data *cd,
 	const struct rte_flow_item_esp *m = item->mask;
 	struct mlx5dr_definer_fc *fc;
 
-	if (!cd->ctx->caps->ipsec_offload) {
-		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
-		return rte_errno;
-	}
-
 	if (!m)
 		return 0;
 	if (m->hdr.spi) {
-- 
2.25.1



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