Running testpmd command "flow isolae <port> 0" (i.e. disabling flow
isolation) followed by command "flow isolate <port> 1" (i.e. enabling
flow isolation) may result in a TAP error:
PMD: Kernel refused TC filter rule creation (17): File exists
Root cause analysis: when disabling flow isolation we keep the local
rule to redirect packets on TX (TAP_REMOTE_TX index) while we add it
again when enabling flow isolation. As a result this rule is added
two times in a row which results in "File exists" error.
The fix is to identify the "File exists" error and silently ignore it.
Another issue occurs when enabling isolation mode several times in a
row in which case the same tc rules are added consecutively and
rte_flow structs are added to a linked list before removing the
previous rte_flow structs.
The fix is to act upon isolation mode command only when there is a
change from "0" to "1" (or vice versa).
Fixes: f503d26948 ("net/tap: support flow API isolated mode")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Reviewed-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Ophir Munk <ophirmu@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Keith Wiles <keith.wiles@intel.com>
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