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net/mlx5: fix cross GVMI metadata match for E-Switch setup

PATCH In review Gregory Etelson 2 participants 2 messages Nov 13, 2025 – Nov 16, 2025 Network drivers

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PATCH 1/1 net/mlx5: fix cross GVMI metadata match for E-Switch setup

The metadata flow item did not check for cross GVMI support.

Fixes a78425ba3793 ("net/mlx5: support flow metadata exchange between E-Switch and VM")
Signed-off-by Gregory Etelson <[email protected]>
Acked-by Bing Zhao <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.h +2 -1
index e8b298dd1d..2f070d9d97 100644
@@ -1807,7 +1807,8 @@ flow_hw_get_reg_id_by_domain(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	switch (type) {
 	case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_META:
 		if (sh->config.dv_esw_en &&
-		    sh->config.dv_xmeta_en == MLX5_XMETA_MODE_META32_HWS) {
+		    (sh->config.dv_xmeta_en == MLX5_XMETA_MODE_META32_HWS ||
+		     mlx5_esw_metadata_passing_enabled(sh))) {
 			return REG_C_1;
 		}
 		if ((mlx5_vport_rx_metadata_passing_enabled(sh) &&
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