Re: [PATCH net v1] net/mlx5: HWS: Reject unsupported remove-header action

From: Simon Horman

Date: Sat May 09 2026 - 09:25:30 EST


On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 01:00:31AM +0100, Prathamesh Deshpande wrote:
> mlx5_cmd_hws_packet_reformat_alloc() handles
> MLX5_REFORMAT_TYPE_REMOVE_HDR by looking up a matching HWS remove-header
> action.
>
> If mlx5_fs_get_action_remove_header_vlan() returns NULL, the code only
> logs an error and continues. The function then returns success with a NULL
> HWS action stored in the packet-reformat object.
>
> Return an error when no matching remove-header action is available.
>
> Fixes: aecd9d1020e3 ("net/mlx5: fs, add HWS packet reformat API function")
> Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>