FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/mlx5e: TC, Reject rules with drop and modify hdr action" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From a2446bc77a16cefd27de712d28af2396d6287593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roi Dayan <roid@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 10:38:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: TC, Reject rules with drop and modify hdr action

This kind of action is not supported by firmware and generates a
syndrome.

kernel: mlx5_core 0000:08:00.0: mlx5_cmd_check:777:(pid 102063): SET_FLOW_TABLE_ENTRY(0x936) op_mod(0x0) failed, status bad parameter(0x3), syndrome (0x8708c3)

Fixes: d7e75a325cb2 ("net/mlx5e: Add offloading of E-Switch TC pedit (header re-write) actions")
Signed-off-by: Roi Dayan <roid@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Oz Shlomo <ozsh@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Maor Dickman <maord@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 3d908a7e1406..671f76c350db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -3191,6 +3191,12 @@ actions_match_supported(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (actions & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_MOD_HDR &&
+	    actions & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_DROP) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Drop with modify header action is not supported");
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if (actions & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_MOD_HDR &&
 	    !modify_header_match_supported(priv, &parse_attr->spec, flow_action,
 					   actions, ct_flow, ct_clear, extack))