Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5: Add vhca_id_type support to IPsec alias creation

[Simon Horman]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 09:19:58AM +0300, Tariq Toukan wrote:
> From: Patrisious Haddad <phaddad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When creating an alias FT for MPV IPsec, if alias creation with
> sw_vhca_id is supported use it instead of using the hw_vhca_id.
> 
> This in turn allows IPsec to work properly after live migration,
> in case a VF was live migrated and his hw_vhca_id changed due to
> migration which can happen if you migrate to a VF with a different index
> than yours, IPsec would fail to start post migration, this patch
> resolves the issue by using sw_vhca_id instead which doesn't change post
> migration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrisious Haddad <phaddad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>