IP-in-IP tunnel type includes the following combination: - IPv4 over IPv4 - IPv4 over IPv6 - IPv6 over IPv4 - IPv6 over IPv6
It's okay to have MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPIP flag when validate IPv6 item. And it's okay to have outer L3 layer as either IPv4 or IPv6 when setting the IP-in-IP tunnel item flag. Signed-off-by: Junfeng Guo <junfe...@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Bing Zhao <bi...@nvidia.com> --- drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 5 ----- drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c index 3d49a2d833..8db372123c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c @@ -2973,11 +2973,6 @@ mlx5_flow_validate_item_ipv6(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM, item, "IPv6 proto (next header) should " "not be set as extension header"); - if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPIP) - return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL, - RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM, item, - "wrong tunnel type - IPv4 specified " - "but IPv6 item provided"); if (item_flags & l3m) return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM, item, diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c index af2e7a84a5..0aaa8fe2a6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c @@ -8325,7 +8325,8 @@ mlx5_hw_flow_tunnel_ip_check(uint64_t last_item, uint64_t *item_flags) { bool tunnel; - if (last_item == MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV4) { + if (last_item == MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV4 || + last_item == MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV6) { tunnel = true; *item_flags |= MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPIP; } else if (last_item == MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV6 || -- 2.45.0