[DPDK/testpmd Bug 1479] mlx5: Not able to create rte_flows to match head fragments and sub fragments

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http://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1479

mkashani@nvidia.com (mkashani@nvidia.com) changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |mkashani@nvidia.com
             Status|CONFIRMED                   |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from mkashani@nvidia.com (mkashani@nvidia.com) ---
Hi, Siva,
Sorry for the late response,

You're correct that the mlx5 driver explicitly blocks the fragment matching
patterns you're trying to use.

For your use case (computing different RSS based on 5-tuple vs 3-tuple):
Create two flow rules:
One for ANY fragmented packets → RSS with 3-tuple (ipv4-frag)
One for non-fragmented packets → RSS with 5-tuple (ipv4-tcp, ipv4-udp)
The NIC will automatically:
Use 3-tuple for fragments (only IP src/dst/protocol available)
Use 5-tuple for non-fragments (full 5-tuple available)
You cannot differentiate between first, middle, and last fragments in flow
rules on ConnectX-6 DX.
The hardware RSS engine already handles this correctly by design - fragmented
packets can only use 3-tuple because port information is only in the first
fragment, and may not be available to all fragments.

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