[PATCH net-next V2 13/13] net/mlx5e: Verify unique vhca_id count instead of range

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 07:44:27 EST


From: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>

Change verify_num_vhca_ids() to count the number of unique vhca_ids
and verify this count doesn't exceed max_num_vhca_id, rather than
validating individual vhca_id values are within a specific range.

The previous implementation checked if each vhca_id was in the range
[0, max_num_vhca_id - 1], which is overly restrictive. The hardware
capability max_rqt_vhca_id represents the maximum number of unique
vhca_ids that can be used, not a range constraint on individual IDs.

Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rqt.c | 27 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rqt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rqt.c
index a3382f6a6b74..8511363f7bec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rqt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rqt.c
@@ -8,13 +8,28 @@ static bool verify_num_vhca_ids(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 *vhca_ids,
unsigned int size)
{
unsigned int max_num_vhca_id = MLX5_CAP_GEN_2(mdev, max_rqt_vhca_id);
- int i;
+ unsigned int unique_count = 0;
+ int i, j;
+
+ /* Count unique vhca_ids */
+ for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+ bool is_unique = true;
+
+ /* Check if vhca_ids[i] was already seen */
+ for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+ if (vhca_ids[j] == vhca_ids[i]) {
+ is_unique = false;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (is_unique)
+ unique_count++;
+ }

- /* Verify that all vhca_ids are in range [0, max_num_vhca_ids - 1] */
- for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
- if (vhca_ids[i] >= max_num_vhca_id)
- return false;
- return true;
+ /* Verify that number of unique vhca_ids doesn't exceed
+ * max_num_vhca_id
+ */
+ return unique_count <= max_num_vhca_id;
}

static bool rqt_verify_vhca_ids(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 *vhca_ids,
--
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