HWS actions template validation checks actions parameters in actions masks. Non-template API does not have actions masks. Actions templates in the non-template API are artificial and created internally by the PMD.
The patch removes HWS actions template validation in non-template setup. Fixes: 04a4de756e14 ("net/mlx5: support flow age action with HWS") Cc: sta...@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getel...@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnow...@nvidia.com> --- drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c index 5b34154bf1..c9bd9f229b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_hw.c @@ -7873,8 +7873,8 @@ __flow_hw_actions_template_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t tmpl_flags = 0; int ret; - if (mlx5_flow_hw_actions_validate(dev, attr, actions, masks, - &action_flags, error)) + if (!nt_mode && mlx5_flow_hw_actions_validate(dev, attr, actions, masks, + &action_flags, error)) return NULL; for (i = 0; ra[i].type != RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END; ++i) { switch (ra[i].type) { -- 2.43.0