> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Marcin Szycik
> Sent: 02 July 2026 16:00
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Penigalapati, Sandeep 
> <[email protected]>; S, Ananth <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]; Nguyen, Anthony L <[email protected]>; 
> Marcin Szycik <[email protected]>; Czapnik, Lukasz 
> <[email protected]>; Loktionov, Aleksandr 
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v5 12/12] ice: use ACL for ntuple 
> rules that conflict with FDir
>
> From: Lukasz Czapnik <[email protected]>
>
> Flow Director can keep only one input set per flow type. After ACL support 
> was added for ethtool ntuple rules, the driver still only selected ACL for 
> rules with partial masks.
>
> That leaves a gap for rules with full masks that still require a different 
> input set than the one already programmed for Flow Director. Such rules go 
> through the FDir path, build a different extraction sequence and then fail 
> because the existing FDir > profile cannot be reused.
>
> Detect this case before programming the rule. Build the candidate IP flow 
> segment, compare it with the active non-tunneled FDir profile and, when the 
> input sets differ, offload the rule through ACL if ACL is available.
>
> Refactor the IP flow segment setup into a helper so the same logic can be 
> used both by the extraction-sequence configuration path and by the conflict 
> check.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Czapnik <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Szycik <[email protected]>
> ---
> v5:
> * ice_fdir_has_input_set_conflict(): add a check if aRFS is using perfect
>  filters that may cause a conflict
> * ice_add_ntuple_ethtool(): add a guard that rejects flex-byte (user-def)
>  filters when they would be routed to ACL (since ACL ignores the flex
>  constraint, it would silently offload a broader rule)
> * ice_add_ntuple_ethtool(): join subsequent conditions that call
>  ice_acl_add_rule_ethtool() for clarity
> v3:
> * Include flex fields in test_seg to avoid false conflict detection
> * Skip conflict check early for ETHER_FLOW
> v2:
> * Add this patch
> ---
> .../ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool_ntuple.c   | 189 +++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 140 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>

Tested-by: Rinitha S <[email protected]> (A Contingent worker at Intel)

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