From: Eli Britstein
> Previous patch added validation of the IPv6 next proto field, in order to
> overcome a known limitation.
> One of the values checked is IPPROTO_HOPOPTS, which is defined as 0.
> If proto field is not specified for matching, or mask=0, as in the following,
> a
> wrong validation takes place.
> flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv6 has_frag_ext is 0 / end actions drop
> /
> end Fix the validation only on proto asked by the user.
>
> Fixes: 55e4c1d1ba73 ("net/mlx5: enforce limitation on IPv6 next proto")
>
> Signed-off-by: Eli Britstein <el...@nvidia.com>
> Acked-by: Dekel Peled <dek...@nvidia.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> index c56dac89f9..e0ca8e06b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
> @@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ mlx5_flow_validate_item_ipv6(const struct
> rte_flow_item *item,
> RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
> item,
> "IPv6 cannot follow L2/VLAN layer "
> "which ether type is not IPv6");
> - if (mask && spec)
> + if (mask && mask->hdr.proto && spec)
If you want to be sure os specific proto only you need to check
mask->hdr.proto==0xFF, no?
> next_proto = mask->hdr.proto & spec->hdr.proto;
> if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPV6_ENCAP) {
> if (next_proto == IPPROTO_IPIP || next_proto ==
> IPPROTO_IPV6)
> --
> 2.28.0.546.g385c171
