From: Maayan Kashani <mkashani@nvidia.com>
To: <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: <mkashani@nvidia.com>, <rasland@nvidia.com>,
Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnowski@nvidia.com>,
Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>,
"Bing Zhao" <bingz@nvidia.com>, Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>,
Suanming Mou <suanmingm@nvidia.com>,
Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH] doc/mlx5: document modify field limitation on group 0
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:44:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730154440.216881-1-mkashani@nvidia.com> (raw)
Document that on the root table, two sequential MODIFY_FIELD actions
where the second uses a field modified by the first as src are not
supported: the second action is handled before the first change is
applied. Only immediate src types (VALUE/POINTER) are allowed on
group 0 for sync HWS non-template and DV flows.
Signed-off-by: Maayan Kashani <mkashani@nvidia.com>
---
doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 9b035b878e0..aa751669444 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -3425,6 +3425,12 @@ Limitations
#. In template tables of group 0, the modify action must be fully masked.
+#. On group 0 (root table), when using sync API, two sequential
+ ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MODIFY_FIELD`` actions where the first modifies a
+ packet or metadata field and the second uses that field as ``src`` are not
+ supported. On the root table the second action is handled before the first
+ change is applied, so the source still reads the original field value.
+
#. Modification of an arbitrary place in a packet via
the special ``RTE_FLOW_FIELD_START`` field ID is not supported.
--
2.21.0
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