[PATCH v2 net] octeontx2-af: npc: Fix CPT channel mask in npc_install_flow

From: Ratheesh Kannoth

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 01:02:18 EST


From: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Use the CPT-aware NIX channel mask in the npc_install_flow path so that
when the host PF installs steering rules in kernel for a VF used from
userspace (e.g. DPDK), MCAM entries see the same channel mask semantics as
other RX paths.

Fixes: 56bcef528bd8 ("octeontx2-af: Use npc_install_flow API for promisc and broadcast entries")
Cc: Naveen Mamindlapalli <naveenm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h | 1 +
.../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c | 32 +++++++++----------
.../marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
index de3fbd3d15d6..65397daae4c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
@@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ int rvu_cpt_lf_teardown(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, int blkaddr, int lf,
int slot);
int rvu_cpt_ctx_flush(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc);
int rvu_cpt_init(struct rvu *rvu);
+u32 rvu_get_cpt_chan_mask(struct rvu *rvu);

#define NDC_AF_BANK_MASK GENMASK_ULL(7, 0)
#define NDC_AF_BANK_LINE_MASK GENMASK_ULL(31, 16)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
index 607d0cf1a778..12074f3b3e39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
@@ -701,6 +701,19 @@ void npc_set_mcam_action(struct rvu *rvu, struct npc_mcam *mcam,
return rvu_write64(rvu, blkaddr, reg, cfg);
}

+u32 rvu_get_cpt_chan_mask(struct rvu *rvu)
+{
+ /* For cn10k the upper two bits of the channel number are
+ * cpt channel number. with masking out these bits in the
+ * mcam entry, same entry used for NIX will allow packets
+ * received from cpt for parsing.
+ */
+ if (!is_rvu_otx2(rvu))
+ return NIX_CHAN_CPT_X2P_MASK;
+ else
+ return 0xFFFu;
+}
+
void rvu_npc_install_ucast_entry(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc,
int nixlf, u64 chan, u8 *mac_addr)
{
@@ -750,7 +763,7 @@ void rvu_npc_install_ucast_entry(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc,
eth_broadcast_addr((u8 *)&req.mask.dmac);
req.features = BIT_ULL(NPC_DMAC);
req.channel = chan;
- req.chan_mask = 0xFFFU;
+ req.chan_mask = rvu_get_cpt_chan_mask(rvu);
req.intf = pfvf->nix_rx_intf;
req.op = action.op;
req.hdr.pcifunc = 0; /* AF is requester */
@@ -845,11 +858,7 @@ void rvu_npc_install_promisc_entry(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc,
* mcam entry, same entry used for NIX will allow packets
* received from cpt for parsing.
*/
- if (!is_rvu_otx2(rvu)) {
- req.chan_mask = NIX_CHAN_CPT_X2P_MASK;
- } else {
- req.chan_mask = 0xFFFU;
- }
+ req.chan_mask = rvu_get_cpt_chan_mask(rvu);

if (chan_cnt > 1) {
if (!is_power_of_2(chan_cnt)) {
@@ -1053,16 +1062,7 @@ void rvu_npc_install_allmulti_entry(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, int nixlf,
ether_addr_copy(req.mask.dmac, mac_addr);
req.features = BIT_ULL(NPC_DMAC);

- /* For cn10k the upper two bits of the channel number are
- * cpt channel number. with masking out these bits in the
- * mcam entry, same entry used for NIX will allow packets
- * received from cpt for parsing.
- */
- if (!is_rvu_otx2(rvu))
- req.chan_mask = NIX_CHAN_CPT_X2P_MASK;
- else
- req.chan_mask = 0xFFFU;
-
+ req.chan_mask = rvu_get_cpt_chan_mask(rvu);
req.channel = chan;
req.intf = pfvf->nix_rx_intf;
req.entry = index;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
index 6ae9cdcb608b..34f1e066707b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_npc_install_flow(struct rvu *rvu,

/* ignore chan_mask in case pf func is not AF, revisit later */
if (!is_pffunc_af(req->hdr.pcifunc))
- req->chan_mask = 0xFFF;
+ req->chan_mask = rvu_get_cpt_chan_mask(rvu);

err = npc_check_unsupported_flows(rvu, req->features, req->intf);
if (err) {
--
2.43.0

--
v1 -> v2: Addressed Sashiko comments
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260601023221.858168-1-rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx/