idpf: Fix flow rule delete failure due to invalid validation

When deleting a flow rule using "ethtool -N <dev> delete <location>",
idpf_sideband_action_ena() incorrectly validates fsp->ring_cookie even
though ethtool doesn't populate this field for delete operations. The
uninitialized ring_cookie may randomly match RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC or
RX_CLS_FLOW_WAKE, causing validation to fail and preventing legitimate
rule deletions. Remove the unnecessary sideband action enable check and
ring_cookie validation during delete operations since action validation
is not required when removing existing rules.

Fixes: ada3e24b84a0 ("idpf: add flow steering support")
Signed-off-by: Sreedevi Joshi <sreedevi.joshi@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ethtool.c
index 1d78a621d65bfca3a90fe79bd596d33fb3c1a521..3275b021565512eadacc67455d67328d14075fd1 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ethtool.c
@@ -307,9 +307,6 @@ static int idpf_del_flow_steer(struct net_device *netdev,
        vport_config = vport->adapter->vport_config[np->vport_idx];
        user_config = &vport_config->user_config;
 
-       if (!idpf_sideband_action_ena(vport, fsp))
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
        rule = kzalloc(struct_size(rule, rule_info, 1), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!rule)
                return -ENOMEM;