"L3 cannot follow an L4 layer.");
if (!mask)
mask = &rte_flow_item_ipv4_mask;
+ else if (mask->hdr.next_proto_id != 0 &&
+ mask->hdr.next_proto_id != 0xff)
+ return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+ RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_MASK, mask,
+ "partial mask is not supported"
+ " for protocol");
ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
(const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_ipv4),