HWS guys claimed this check was needed to make sure matcher works well on ESP.
Are we sure we can remove this ?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raslan Darawsheh <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 7:12 PM
> To: Michael Baum <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Cc: Matan Azrad <[email protected]>; Dariusz Sosnowski
> <[email protected]>; Slava Ovsiienko <[email protected]>; Ori
> Kam <[email protected]>; Suanming Mou <[email protected]>; Hamdan
> Igbaria <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] net/mlx5/hws: fix ESP matching validation
> 
> Hi,
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Baum <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 2:10 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: Matan Azrad <[email protected]>; Dariusz Sosnowski
> > <[email protected]>; Raslan Darawsheh <[email protected]>; Slava
> > Ovsiienko <[email protected]>; Ori Kam <[email protected]>;
> > Suanming Mou <[email protected]>; Hamdan Igbaria
> > <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> > Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5/hws: fix ESP matching validation
> >
> > 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: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Baum <[email protected]>
> > Acked-by: Hamdan Igbaria <[email protected]>
> > Acked-by: Matan Azrad <[email protected]>
> Patch applied to next-net-mlx,
> 
> Kindest regards
> Raslan Darawsheh

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