net/mlx5: add flow UDP item
[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / mlx5 / mlx5_flow.c
index 23ca2b8..0096ed8 100644 (file)
@@ -1,37 +1,10 @@
-/*-
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2016 6WIND S.A.
+ * Copyright 2016 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
  */
 
 #include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 /* Verbs header. */
 #pragma GCC diagnostic error "-Wpedantic"
 #endif
 
-#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_ether.h>
+#include <rte_eth_ctrl.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev_driver.h>
 #include <rte_flow.h>
 #include <rte_flow_driver.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_ip.h>
 
 #include "mlx5.h"
+#include "mlx5_defs.h"
 #include "mlx5_prm.h"
-
-/* Define minimal priority for control plane flows. */
-#define MLX5_CTRL_FLOW_PRIORITY 4
-
-/* Internet Protocol versions. */
-#define MLX5_IPV4 4
-#define MLX5_IPV6 6
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                    const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                     const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                     const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                     const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                    const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_tcp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                    const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_vxlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                      const void *default_mask,
-                      void *data);
-
-struct mlx5_flow_parse;
-
-static void
-mlx5_flow_create_copy(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, void *src,
-                     unsigned int size);
-
-static int
-mlx5_flow_create_flag_mark(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, uint32_t mark_id);
-
-/* Hash RX queue types. */
-enum hash_rxq_type {
-       HASH_RXQ_TCPV4,
-       HASH_RXQ_UDPV4,
-       HASH_RXQ_IPV4,
-       HASH_RXQ_TCPV6,
-       HASH_RXQ_UDPV6,
-       HASH_RXQ_IPV6,
-       HASH_RXQ_ETH,
-};
-
-/* Initialization data for hash RX queue. */
-struct hash_rxq_init {
-       uint64_t hash_fields; /* Fields that participate in the hash. */
-       uint64_t dpdk_rss_hf; /* Matching DPDK RSS hash fields. */
-       unsigned int flow_priority; /* Flow priority to use. */
-       unsigned int ip_version; /* Internet protocol. */
-};
-
-/* Initialization data for hash RX queues. */
-const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
-       [HASH_RXQ_TCPV4] = {
-               .hash_fields = (IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_IPV4 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV4 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_TCP |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_TCP),
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV4_TCP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
-               .ip_version = MLX5_IPV4,
-       },
-       [HASH_RXQ_UDPV4] = {
-               .hash_fields = (IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_IPV4 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV4 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_UDP |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_UDP),
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV4_UDP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
-               .ip_version = MLX5_IPV4,
-       },
-       [HASH_RXQ_IPV4] = {
-               .hash_fields = (IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_IPV4 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV4),
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = (ETH_RSS_IPV4 |
-                               ETH_RSS_FRAG_IPV4),
-               .flow_priority = 1,
-               .ip_version = MLX5_IPV4,
-       },
-       [HASH_RXQ_TCPV6] = {
-               .hash_fields = (IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_IPV6 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV6 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_TCP |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_TCP),
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV6_TCP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
-               .ip_version = MLX5_IPV6,
-       },
-       [HASH_RXQ_UDPV6] = {
-               .hash_fields = (IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_IPV6 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV6 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_UDP |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_UDP),
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV6_UDP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
-               .ip_version = MLX5_IPV6,
-       },
-       [HASH_RXQ_IPV6] = {
-               .hash_fields = (IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_IPV6 |
-                               IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV6),
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = (ETH_RSS_IPV6 |
-                               ETH_RSS_FRAG_IPV6),
-               .flow_priority = 1,
-               .ip_version = MLX5_IPV6,
-       },
-       [HASH_RXQ_ETH] = {
-               .hash_fields = 0,
-               .dpdk_rss_hf = 0,
-               .flow_priority = 2,
-       },
-};
-
-/* Number of entries in hash_rxq_init[]. */
-const unsigned int hash_rxq_init_n = RTE_DIM(hash_rxq_init);
-
-/** Structure for Drop queue. */
-struct mlx5_hrxq_drop {
-       struct ibv_rwq_ind_table *ind_table; /**< Indirection table. */
-       struct ibv_qp *qp; /**< Verbs queue pair. */
-       struct ibv_wq *wq; /**< Verbs work queue. */
-       struct ibv_cq *cq; /**< Verbs completion queue. */
-};
-
-/* Flows structures. */
-struct mlx5_flow {
-       uint64_t hash_fields; /**< Fields that participate in the hash. */
-       struct ibv_flow_attr *ibv_attr; /**< Pointer to Verbs attributes. */
-       struct ibv_flow *ibv_flow; /**< Verbs flow. */
-       struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq; /**< Hash Rx queues. */
-};
-
-/* Drop flows structures. */
-struct mlx5_flow_drop {
-       struct ibv_flow_attr *ibv_attr; /**< Pointer to Verbs attributes. */
-       struct ibv_flow *ibv_flow; /**< Verbs flow. */
+#include "mlx5_glue.h"
+
+/* Dev ops structure defined in mlx5.c */
+extern const struct eth_dev_ops mlx5_dev_ops;
+extern const struct eth_dev_ops mlx5_dev_ops_isolate;
+
+/* Pattern Layer bits. */
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L2 (1u << 0)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV4 (1u << 1)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV6 (1u << 2)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4_UDP (1u << 3)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4_TCP (1u << 4)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_VLAN (1u << 5)
+/* Masks. */
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3 \
+       (MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV4 | MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV6)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4 \
+       (MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4_UDP | MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4_TCP)
+
+/* Actions that modify the fate of matching traffic. */
+#define MLX5_FLOW_FATE_DROP (1u << 0)
+#define MLX5_FLOW_FATE_QUEUE (1u << 1)
+
+/* possible L3 layers protocols filtering. */
+#define MLX5_IP_PROTOCOL_UDP 17
+
+/** Handles information leading to a drop fate. */
+struct mlx5_flow_verbs {
+       unsigned int size; /**< Size of the attribute. */
+       struct {
+               struct ibv_flow_attr *attr;
+               /**< Pointer to the Specification buffer. */
+               uint8_t *specs; /**< Pointer to the specifications. */
+       };
+       struct ibv_flow *flow; /**< Verbs flow pointer. */
+       struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq; /**< Hash Rx queue object. */
 };
 
+/* Flow structure. */
 struct rte_flow {
        TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_flow) next; /**< Pointer to the next flow structure. */
-       uint32_t mark:1; /**< Set if the flow is marked. */
-       uint32_t drop:1; /**< Drop queue. */
-       uint16_t queues_n; /**< Number of entries in queue[]. */
-       uint16_t (*queues)[]; /**< Queues indexes to use. */
-       struct rte_eth_rss_conf rss_conf; /**< RSS configuration */
-       uint8_t rss_key[40]; /**< copy of the RSS key. */
-       union {
-               struct mlx5_flow frxq[RTE_DIM(hash_rxq_init)];
-               /**< Flow with Rx queue. */
-               struct mlx5_flow_drop drxq; /**< Flow with drop Rx queue. */
-       };
-};
-
-/** Static initializer for items. */
-#define ITEMS(...) \
-       (const enum rte_flow_item_type []){ \
-               __VA_ARGS__, RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END, \
-       }
-
-/** Structure to generate a simple graph of layers supported by the NIC. */
-struct mlx5_flow_items {
-       /** List of possible actions for these items. */
-       const enum rte_flow_action_type *const actions;
-       /** Bit-masks corresponding to the possibilities for the item. */
-       const void *mask;
-       /**
-        * Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided. When
-        * \default_mask is also NULL, the full supported bit-mask (\mask) is
-        * used instead.
-        */
-       const void *default_mask;
-       /** Bit-masks size in bytes. */
-       const unsigned int mask_sz;
-       /**
-        * Conversion function from rte_flow to NIC specific flow.
-        *
-        * @param item
-        *   rte_flow item to convert.
-        * @param default_mask
-        *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
-        * @param data
-        *   Internal structure to store the conversion.
-        *
-        * @return
-        *   0 on success, negative value otherwise.
-        */
-       int (*convert)(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                      const void *default_mask,
-                      void *data);
-       /** Size in bytes of the destination structure. */
-       const unsigned int dst_sz;
-       /** List of possible following items.  */
-       const enum rte_flow_item_type *const items;
-};
-
-/** Valid action for this PMD. */
-static const enum rte_flow_action_type valid_actions[] = {
-       RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP,
-       RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_QUEUE,
-       RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MARK,
-       RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_FLAG,
-       RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END,
-};
-
-/** Graph of supported items and associated actions. */
-static const struct mlx5_flow_items mlx5_flow_items[] = {
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
-                              RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN),
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN,
-                              RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
-                              RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6),
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_eth){
-                       .dst.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
-                       .src.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
-                       .type = -1,
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_eth_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_eth),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_eth,
-               .dst_sz = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth),
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
-                              RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6),
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_vlan){
-                       .tci = -1,
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_vlan_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_vlan),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_vlan,
-               .dst_sz = 0,
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP,
-                              RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_TCP),
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_ipv4){
-                       .hdr = {
-                               .src_addr = -1,
-                               .dst_addr = -1,
-                               .type_of_service = -1,
-                               .next_proto_id = -1,
-                       },
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_ipv4_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_ipv4),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_ipv4,
-               .dst_sz = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext),
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP,
-                              RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_TCP),
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6){
-                       .hdr = {
-                               .src_addr = {
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                               },
-                               .dst_addr = {
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                                       0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
-                               },
-                               .vtc_flow = -1,
-                               .proto = -1,
-                               .hop_limits = -1,
-                       },
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_ipv6_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_ipv6),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_ipv6,
-               .dst_sz = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6),
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN),
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_udp){
-                       .hdr = {
-                               .src_port = -1,
-                               .dst_port = -1,
-                       },
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_udp_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_udp),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_udp,
-               .dst_sz = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp),
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_TCP] = {
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_tcp){
-                       .hdr = {
-                               .src_port = -1,
-                               .dst_port = -1,
-                       },
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_tcp_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_tcp),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_tcp,
-               .dst_sz = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp),
-       },
-       [RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN] = {
-               .items = ITEMS(RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH),
-               .actions = valid_actions,
-               .mask = &(const struct rte_flow_item_vxlan){
-                       .vni = "\xff\xff\xff",
-               },
-               .default_mask = &rte_flow_item_vxlan_mask,
-               .mask_sz = sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_vxlan),
-               .convert = mlx5_flow_create_vxlan,
-               .dst_sz = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tunnel),
-       },
-};
-
-/** Structure to pass to the conversion function. */
-struct mlx5_flow_parse {
-       uint32_t inner; /**< Set once VXLAN is encountered. */
-       uint32_t create:1;
-       /**< Whether resources should remain after a validate. */
-       uint32_t drop:1; /**< Target is a drop queue. */
-       uint32_t mark:1; /**< Mark is present in the flow. */
-       uint32_t mark_id; /**< Mark identifier. */
-       uint16_t queues[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT]; /**< Queues indexes to use. */
-       uint16_t queues_n; /**< Number of entries in queue[]. */
-       struct rte_eth_rss_conf rss_conf; /**< RSS configuration */
-       uint8_t rss_key[40]; /**< copy of the RSS key. */
-       enum hash_rxq_type layer; /**< Last pattern layer detected. */
-       union {
-               struct {
-                       struct ibv_flow_attr *ibv_attr;
-                       /**< Pointer to Verbs attributes. */
-                       unsigned int offset;
-                       /**< Current position or total size of the attribute. */
-               } queue[RTE_DIM(hash_rxq_init)];
-               struct {
-                       struct ibv_flow_attr *ibv_attr;
-                       /**< Pointer to Verbs attributes. */
-                       unsigned int offset;
-                       /**< Current position or total size of the attribute. */
-               } drop_q;
-       };
+       struct rte_flow_attr attributes; /**< User flow attribute. */
+       uint32_t l3_protocol_en:1; /**< Protocol filtering requested. */
+       uint32_t layers;
+       /**< Bit-fields of present layers see MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_*. */
+       uint32_t fate;
+       /**< Bit-fields of present fate see MLX5_FLOW_FATE_*. */
+       uint8_t l3_protocol; /**< valid when l3_protocol_en is set. */
+       struct mlx5_flow_verbs verbs; /* Verbs flow. */
+       uint16_t queue; /**< Destination queue to redirect traffic to. */
 };
 
 static const struct rte_flow_ops mlx5_flow_ops = {
@@ -426,803 +86,290 @@ static const struct rte_flow_ops mlx5_flow_ops = {
        .create = mlx5_flow_create,
        .destroy = mlx5_flow_destroy,
        .flush = mlx5_flow_flush,
-       .query = NULL,
        .isolate = mlx5_flow_isolate,
 };
 
-/**
- * Manage filter operations.
- *
- * @param dev
- *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- * @param filter_type
- *   Filter type.
- * @param filter_op
- *   Operation to perform.
- * @param arg
- *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
- */
-int
-mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-                    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-                    enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-                    void *arg)
-{
-       int ret = EINVAL;
-
-       if (filter_type == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC) {
-               if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-                       return -EINVAL;
-               *(const void **)arg = &mlx5_flow_ops;
-               return 0;
-       }
-       ERROR("%p: filter type (%d) not supported",
-             (void *)dev, filter_type);
-       return -ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * Check support for a given item.
- *
- * @param item[in]
- *   Item specification.
- * @param mask[in]
- *   Bit-masks covering supported fields to compare with spec, last and mask in
- *   \item.
- * @param size
- *   Bit-Mask size in bytes.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success.
- */
-static int
-mlx5_flow_item_validate(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                       const uint8_t *mask, unsigned int size)
-{
-       int ret = 0;
-
-       if (!item->spec && (item->mask || item->last))
-               return -1;
-       if (item->spec && !item->mask) {
-               unsigned int i;
-               const uint8_t *spec = item->spec;
-
-               for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-                       if ((spec[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i])
-                               return -1;
-       }
-       if (item->last && !item->mask) {
-               unsigned int i;
-               const uint8_t *spec = item->last;
-
-               for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-                       if ((spec[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i])
-                               return -1;
-       }
-       if (item->mask) {
-               unsigned int i;
-               const uint8_t *spec = item->mask;
-
-               for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
-                       if ((spec[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i])
-                               return -1;
-       }
-       if (item->spec && item->last) {
-               uint8_t spec[size];
-               uint8_t last[size];
-               const uint8_t *apply = mask;
-               unsigned int i;
+/* Convert FDIR request to Generic flow. */
+struct mlx5_fdir {
+       struct rte_flow_attr attr;
+       struct rte_flow_action actions[2];
+       struct rte_flow_item items[4];
+       struct rte_flow_item_eth l2;
+       struct rte_flow_item_eth l2_mask;
+       union {
+               struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 ipv4;
+               struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 ipv6;
+       } l3;
+       union {
+               struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 ipv4;
+               struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 ipv6;
+       } l3_mask;
+       union {
+               struct rte_flow_item_udp udp;
+               struct rte_flow_item_tcp tcp;
+       } l4;
+       union {
+               struct rte_flow_item_udp udp;
+               struct rte_flow_item_tcp tcp;
+       } l4_mask;
+       struct rte_flow_action_queue queue;
+};
 
-               if (item->mask)
-                       apply = item->mask;
-               for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-                       spec[i] = ((const uint8_t *)item->spec)[i] & apply[i];
-                       last[i] = ((const uint8_t *)item->last)[i] & apply[i];
-               }
-               ret = memcmp(spec, last, size);
-       }
-       return ret;
-}
+/* Verbs specification header. */
+struct ibv_spec_header {
+       enum ibv_flow_spec_type type;
+       uint16_t size;
+};
 
-/**
- * Copy the RSS configuration from the user ones.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- * @param rss_conf
- *   User RSS configuration to save.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
- */
-static int
-priv_flow_convert_rss_conf(struct priv *priv,
-                          struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
-                          const struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf)
+ /**
+  * Discover the maximum number of priority available.
+  *
+  * @param[in] dev
+  *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+  *
+  * @return
+  *   number of supported flow priority on success, a negative errno value
+  *   otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+  */
+int
+mlx5_flow_discover_priorities(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
-       const struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss =
-               rss_conf ? rss_conf : &priv->rss_conf;
-
-       if (rss->rss_key_len > 40)
-               return EINVAL;
-       parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len = rss->rss_key_len;
-       parser->rss_conf.rss_hf = rss->rss_hf;
-       memcpy(parser->rss_key, rss->rss_key, rss->rss_key_len);
-       parser->rss_conf.rss_key = parser->rss_key;
-       return 0;
-}
+       struct {
+               struct ibv_flow_attr attr;
+               struct ibv_flow_spec_eth eth;
+               struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop drop;
+       } flow_attr = {
+               .attr = {
+                       .num_of_specs = 2,
+               },
+               .eth = {
+                       .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ETH,
+                       .size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth),
+               },
+               .drop = {
+                       .size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop),
+                       .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ACTION_DROP,
+               },
+       };
+       struct ibv_flow *flow;
+       struct mlx5_hrxq *drop = mlx5_hrxq_drop_new(dev);
+       uint16_t vprio[] = { 8, 16 };
+       int i;
 
-/**
- * Extract attribute to the parser.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in] attr
- *   Flow rule attributes.
- * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
- * @param[in, out] parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
- */
-static int
-priv_flow_convert_attributes(struct priv *priv,
-                            const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
-                            struct rte_flow_error *error,
-                            struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
-{
-       (void)priv;
-       (void)parser;
-       if (attr->group) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_GROUP,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "groups are not supported");
+       if (!drop) {
+               rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
                return -rte_errno;
        }
-       if (attr->priority && attr->priority != MLX5_CTRL_FLOW_PRIORITY) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_PRIORITY,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "priorities are not supported");
-               return -rte_errno;
-       }
-       if (attr->egress) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_EGRESS,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "egress is not supported");
-               return -rte_errno;
+       for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(vprio); i++) {
+               flow_attr.attr.priority = vprio[i] - 1;
+               flow = mlx5_glue->create_flow(drop->qp, &flow_attr.attr);
+               if (!flow)
+                       break;
+               claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_flow(flow));
        }
-       if (!attr->ingress) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_INGRESS,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "only ingress is supported");
-               return -rte_errno;
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * Extract actions request to the parser.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in] actions
- *   Associated actions (list terminated by the END action).
- * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
- * @param[in, out] parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
- */
-static int
-priv_flow_convert_actions(struct priv *priv,
-                         const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
-                         struct rte_flow_error *error,
-                         struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
-{
-       /*
-        * Add default RSS configuration necessary for Verbs to create QP even
-        * if no RSS is necessary.
-        */
-       priv_flow_convert_rss_conf(priv, parser,
-                                  (const struct rte_eth_rss_conf *)
-                                  &priv->rss_conf);
-       for (; actions->type != RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END; ++actions) {
-               if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VOID) {
-                       continue;
-               } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP) {
-                       parser->drop = 1;
-               } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_QUEUE) {
-                       const struct rte_flow_action_queue *queue =
-                               (const struct rte_flow_action_queue *)
-                               actions->conf;
-                       uint16_t n;
-                       uint16_t found = 0;
-
-                       if (!queue || (queue->index > (priv->rxqs_n - 1)))
-                               goto exit_action_not_supported;
-                       for (n = 0; n < parser->queues_n; ++n) {
-                               if (parser->queues[n] == queue->index) {
-                                       found = 1;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       if (parser->queues_n > 1 && !found) {
-                               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                          actions,
-                                          "queue action not in RSS queues");
-                               return -rte_errno;
-                       }
-                       if (!found) {
-                               parser->queues_n = 1;
-                               parser->queues[0] = queue->index;
-                       }
-               } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_RSS) {
-                       const struct rte_flow_action_rss *rss =
-                               (const struct rte_flow_action_rss *)
-                               actions->conf;
-                       uint16_t n;
-
-                       if (!rss || !rss->num) {
-                               rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                                  actions,
-                                                  "no valid queues");
-                               return -rte_errno;
-                       }
-                       if (parser->queues_n == 1) {
-                               uint16_t found = 0;
-
-                               assert(parser->queues_n);
-                               for (n = 0; n < rss->num; ++n) {
-                                       if (parser->queues[0] ==
-                                           rss->queue[n]) {
-                                               found = 1;
-                                               break;
-                                       }
-                               }
-                               if (!found) {
-                                       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                                  actions,
-                                                  "queue action not in RSS"
-                                                  " queues");
-                                       return -rte_errno;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       for (n = 0; n < rss->num; ++n) {
-                               if (rss->queue[n] >= priv->rxqs_n) {
-                                       rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                                  actions,
-                                                  "queue id > number of"
-                                                  " queues");
-                                       return -rte_errno;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       for (n = 0; n < rss->num; ++n)
-                               parser->queues[n] = rss->queue[n];
-                       parser->queues_n = rss->num;
-                       if (priv_flow_convert_rss_conf(priv, parser,
-                                                      rss->rss_conf)) {
-                               rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                                  actions,
-                                                  "wrong RSS configuration");
-                               return -rte_errno;
-                       }
-               } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_MARK) {
-                       const struct rte_flow_action_mark *mark =
-                               (const struct rte_flow_action_mark *)
-                               actions->conf;
-
-                       if (!mark) {
-                               rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                                  actions,
-                                                  "mark must be defined");
-                               return -rte_errno;
-                       } else if (mark->id >= MLX5_FLOW_MARK_MAX) {
-                               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                                                  actions,
-                                                  "mark must be between 0"
-                                                  " and 16777199");
-                               return -rte_errno;
-                       }
-                       parser->mark = 1;
-                       parser->mark_id = mark->id;
-               } else if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_FLAG) {
-                       parser->mark = 1;
-               } else {
-                       goto exit_action_not_supported;
-               }
-       }
-       if (!parser->queues_n && !parser->drop) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
-                                  NULL, "no valid action");
-               return -rte_errno;
-       }
-       return 0;
-exit_action_not_supported:
-       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
-                          actions, "action not supported");
-       return -rte_errno;
+       mlx5_hrxq_drop_release(dev);
+       DRV_LOG(INFO, "port %u flow maximum priority: %d",
+               dev->data->port_id, vprio[i - 1]);
+       return vprio[i - 1];
 }
 
 /**
- * Validate items.
+ * Verify the @p attributes will be correctly understood by the NIC and store
+ * them in the @p flow if everything is correct.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in] items
- *   Pattern specification (list terminated by the END pattern item).
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param[in] attributes
+ *   Pointer to flow attributes
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to the rte_flow structure.
  * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
- * @param[in, out] parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_convert_items_validate(struct priv *priv,
-                                const struct rte_flow_item items[],
-                                struct rte_flow_error *error,
-                                struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
+mlx5_flow_attributes(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                    const struct rte_flow_attr *attributes,
+                    struct rte_flow *flow,
+                    struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       const struct mlx5_flow_items *cur_item = mlx5_flow_items;
-       unsigned int i;
-
-       (void)priv;
-       /* Initialise the offsets to start after verbs attribute. */
-       if (parser->drop) {
-               parser->drop_q.offset = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
-       } else {
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i)
-                       parser->queue[i].offset = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
-       }
-       for (; items->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; ++items) {
-               const struct mlx5_flow_items *token = NULL;
-               unsigned int n;
-               int err;
-
-               if (items->type == RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VOID)
-                       continue;
-               for (i = 0;
-                    cur_item->items &&
-                    cur_item->items[i] != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END;
-                    ++i) {
-                       if (cur_item->items[i] == items->type) {
-                               token = &mlx5_flow_items[items->type];
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-               if (!token)
-                       goto exit_item_not_supported;
-               cur_item = token;
-               err = mlx5_flow_item_validate(items,
-                                             (const uint8_t *)cur_item->mask,
-                                             cur_item->mask_sz);
-               if (err)
-                       goto exit_item_not_supported;
-               if (items->type == RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN) {
-                       if (parser->inner) {
-                               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
-                                                  items,
-                                                  "cannot recognize multiple"
-                                                  " VXLAN encapsulations");
-                               return -rte_errno;
-                       }
-                       parser->inner = 1;
-               }
-               if (parser->drop) {
-                       parser->drop_q.offset += cur_item->dst_sz;
-               } else if (parser->queues_n == 1) {
-                       parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].offset += cur_item->dst_sz;
-               } else {
-                       for (n = 0; n != hash_rxq_init_n; ++n)
-                               parser->queue[n].offset += cur_item->dst_sz;
-               }
-       }
-       if (parser->mark) {
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i)
-                       parser->queue[i].offset +=
-                               sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_tag);
-       }
+       uint32_t priority_max =
+               ((struct priv *)dev->data->dev_private)->config.flow_prio;
+
+       if (attributes->group)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_GROUP,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "groups is not supported");
+       if (attributes->priority >= priority_max)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_PRIORITY,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "priority out of range");
+       if (attributes->egress)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_EGRESS,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "egress is not supported");
+       if (attributes->transfer)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_TRANSFER,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "transfer is not supported");
+       if (!attributes->ingress)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_INGRESS,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "ingress attribute is mandatory");
+       flow->attributes = *attributes;
        return 0;
-exit_item_not_supported:
-       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
-                          items, "item not supported");
-       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
- * Allocate memory space to store verbs flow attributes.
+ * Verify the @p item specifications (spec, last, mask) are compatible with the
+ * NIC capabilities.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in] priority
- *   Flow priority.
+ * @param[in] item
+ *   Item specification.
+ * @param[in] mask
+ *   @p item->mask or flow default bit-masks.
+ * @param[in] nic_mask
+ *   Bit-masks covering supported fields by the NIC to compare with user mask.
  * @param[in] size
- *   Amount of byte to allocate.
+ *   Bit-masks size in bytes.
  * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
- *
- * @return
- *   A verbs flow attribute on success, NULL otherwise.
- */
-static struct ibv_flow_attr*
-priv_flow_convert_allocate(struct priv *priv,
-                          unsigned int priority,
-                          unsigned int size,
-                          struct rte_flow_error *error)
-{
-       struct ibv_flow_attr *ibv_attr;
-
-       (void)priv;
-       ibv_attr = rte_calloc(__func__, 1, size, 0);
-       if (!ibv_attr) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "cannot allocate verbs spec attributes.");
-               return NULL;
-       }
-       ibv_attr->priority = priority;
-       return ibv_attr;
-}
-
-/**
- * Finalise verbs flow attributes.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in, out] parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- */
-static void
-priv_flow_convert_finalise(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
-{
-       const unsigned int ipv4 =
-               hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].ip_version == MLX5_IPV4;
-       const enum hash_rxq_type hmin = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_TCPV4 : HASH_RXQ_TCPV6;
-       const enum hash_rxq_type hmax = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
-       const enum hash_rxq_type ohmin = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_TCPV6 : HASH_RXQ_TCPV4;
-       const enum hash_rxq_type ohmax = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV6 : HASH_RXQ_IPV4;
-       const enum hash_rxq_type ip = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
-       unsigned int i;
-
-       (void)priv;
-       if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_ETH) {
-               goto fill;
-       } else {
-               /*
-                * This layer becomes useless as the pattern define under
-                * layers.
-                */
-               rte_free(parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
-               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr = NULL;
-       }
-       /* Remove opposite kind of layer e.g. IPv6 if the pattern is IPv4. */
-       for (i = ohmin; i != (ohmax + 1); ++i) {
-               if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
-                       continue;
-               rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
-               parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
-       }
-       /* Remove impossible flow according to the RSS configuration. */
-       if (hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].dpdk_rss_hf &
-           parser->rss_conf.rss_hf) {
-               /* Remove any other flow. */
-               for (i = hmin; i != (hmax + 1); ++i) {
-                       if ((i == parser->layer) ||
-                            (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr))
-                               continue;
-                       rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
-                       parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
-               }
-       } else  if (!parser->queue[ip].ibv_attr) {
-               /* no RSS possible with the current configuration. */
-               parser->queues_n = 1;
-               return;
-       }
-fill:
-       /*
-        * Fill missing layers in verbs specifications, or compute the correct
-        * offset to allocate the memory space for the attributes and
-        * specifications.
-        */
-       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n - 1; ++i) {
-               union {
-                       struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext ipv4;
-                       struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6 ipv6;
-                       struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp udp_tcp;
-               } specs;
-               void *dst;
-               uint16_t size;
-
-               if (i == parser->layer)
-                       continue;
-               if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_ETH) {
-                       if (hash_rxq_init[i].ip_version == MLX5_IPV4) {
-                               size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext);
-                               specs.ipv4 = (struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext){
-                                       .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV4_EXT |
-                                               parser->inner,
-                                       .size = size,
-                               };
-                       } else {
-                               size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6);
-                               specs.ipv6 = (struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6){
-                                       .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV6 |
-                                               parser->inner,
-                                       .size = size,
-                               };
-                       }
-                       if (parser->queue[i].ibv_attr) {
-                               dst = (void *)((uintptr_t)
-                                              parser->queue[i].ibv_attr +
-                                              parser->queue[i].offset);
-                               memcpy(dst, &specs, size);
-                               ++parser->queue[i].ibv_attr->num_of_specs;
-                       }
-                       parser->queue[i].offset += size;
-               }
-               if ((i == HASH_RXQ_UDPV4) || (i == HASH_RXQ_TCPV4) ||
-                   (i == HASH_RXQ_UDPV6) || (i == HASH_RXQ_TCPV6)) {
-                       size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp);
-                       specs.udp_tcp = (struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp) {
-                               .type = ((i == HASH_RXQ_UDPV4 ||
-                                         i == HASH_RXQ_UDPV6) ?
-                                        IBV_FLOW_SPEC_UDP :
-                                        IBV_FLOW_SPEC_TCP) |
-                                       parser->inner,
-                               .size = size,
-                       };
-                       if (parser->queue[i].ibv_attr) {
-                               dst = (void *)((uintptr_t)
-                                              parser->queue[i].ibv_attr +
-                                              parser->queue[i].offset);
-                               memcpy(dst, &specs, size);
-                               ++parser->queue[i].ibv_attr->num_of_specs;
-                       }
-                       parser->queue[i].offset += size;
-               }
-       }
-}
-
-/**
- * Validate and convert a flow supported by the NIC.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in] attr
- *   Flow rule attributes.
- * @param[in] pattern
- *   Pattern specification (list terminated by the END pattern item).
- * @param[in] actions
- *   Associated actions (list terminated by the END action).
- * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
- * @param[in, out] parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
-                 const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
-                 const struct rte_flow_item items[],
-                 const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
-                 struct rte_flow_error *error,
-                 struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
+mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
+                         const uint8_t *mask,
+                         const uint8_t *nic_mask,
+                         unsigned int size,
+                         struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       const struct mlx5_flow_items *cur_item = mlx5_flow_items;
        unsigned int i;
-       int ret;
 
-       /* First step. Validate the attributes, items and actions. */
-       *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse){
-               .create = parser->create,
-               .layer = HASH_RXQ_ETH,
-               .mark_id = MLX5_FLOW_MARK_DEFAULT,
-       };
-       ret = priv_flow_convert_attributes(priv, attr, error, parser);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-       ret = priv_flow_convert_actions(priv, actions, error, parser);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-       ret = priv_flow_convert_items_validate(priv, items, error, parser);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-       priv_flow_convert_finalise(priv, parser);
-       /*
-        * Second step.
-        * Allocate the memory space to store verbs specifications.
-        */
-       if (parser->drop) {
-               parser->drop_q.ibv_attr =
-                       priv_flow_convert_allocate(priv, attr->priority,
-                                                  parser->drop_q.offset,
-                                                  error);
-               if (!parser->drop_q.ibv_attr)
-                       return ENOMEM;
-               parser->drop_q.offset = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
-       } else if (parser->queues_n == 1) {
-               unsigned int priority =
-                       attr->priority +
-                       hash_rxq_init[HASH_RXQ_ETH].flow_priority;
-               unsigned int offset = parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].offset;
-
-               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr =
-                       priv_flow_convert_allocate(priv, priority,
-                                                  offset, error);
-               if (!parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr)
-                       return ENOMEM;
-               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].offset =
-                       sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
-       } else {
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       unsigned int priority =
-                               attr->priority +
-                               hash_rxq_init[i].flow_priority;
-                       unsigned int offset;
-
-                       if (!(parser->rss_conf.rss_hf &
-                             hash_rxq_init[i].dpdk_rss_hf) &&
-                           (i != HASH_RXQ_ETH))
-                               continue;
-                       offset = parser->queue[i].offset;
-                       parser->queue[i].ibv_attr =
-                               priv_flow_convert_allocate(priv, priority,
-                                                          offset, error);
-                       if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
-                               goto exit_enomem;
-                       parser->queue[i].offset = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
-               }
-       }
-       /* Third step. Conversion parse, fill the specifications. */
-       parser->inner = 0;
-       for (; items->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; ++items) {
-               if (items->type == RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VOID)
-                       continue;
-               cur_item = &mlx5_flow_items[items->type];
-               ret = cur_item->convert(items,
-                                       (cur_item->default_mask ?
-                                        cur_item->default_mask :
-                                        cur_item->mask),
-                                       parser);
-               if (ret) {
-                       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
-                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
-                                          items, "item not supported");
-                       goto exit_free;
-               }
-       }
-       if (parser->mark)
-               mlx5_flow_create_flag_mark(parser, parser->mark_id);
-       /*
-        * Last step. Complete missing specification to reach the RSS
-        * configuration.
-        */
-       if (parser->queues_n > 1)
-               priv_flow_convert_finalise(priv, parser);
-exit_free:
-       /* Only verification is expected, all resources should be released. */
-       if (!parser->create) {
-               if (parser->drop) {
-                       rte_free(parser->drop_q.ibv_attr);
-                       parser->drop_q.ibv_attr = NULL;
-               }
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       if (parser->queue[i].ibv_attr) {
-                               rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
-                               parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
-                       }
-               }
-       }
-       return ret;
-exit_enomem:
-       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-               if (parser->queue[i].ibv_attr) {
-                       rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
-                       parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
+       assert(nic_mask);
+       for (i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+               if ((nic_mask[i] | mask[i]) != nic_mask[i])
+                       return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                                 RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                                 item,
+                                                 "mask enables non supported"
+                                                 " bits");
+       if (!item->spec && (item->mask || item->last))
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "mask/last without a spec is not"
+                                         " supported");
+       if (item->spec && item->last) {
+               uint8_t spec[size];
+               uint8_t last[size];
+               unsigned int i;
+               int ret;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+                       spec[i] = ((const uint8_t *)item->spec)[i] & mask[i];
+                       last[i] = ((const uint8_t *)item->last)[i] & mask[i];
                }
+               ret = memcmp(spec, last, size);
+               if (ret != 0)
+                       return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                                 RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                                 item,
+                                                 "range is not supported");
        }
-       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-                          NULL, "cannot allocate verbs spec attributes.");
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * Copy the specification created into the flow.
+ * Add a verbs specification into @p flow.
  *
- * @param parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- * @param src
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] src
  *   Create specification.
- * @param size
+ * @param[in] size
  *   Size in bytes of the specification to copy.
  */
 static void
-mlx5_flow_create_copy(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, void *src,
-                     unsigned int size)
+mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(struct rte_flow *flow, void *src, unsigned int size)
 {
-       unsigned int i;
-       void *dst;
+       if (flow->verbs.specs) {
+               void *dst;
 
-       if (parser->drop) {
-               dst = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->drop_q.ibv_attr +
-                               parser->drop_q.offset);
+               dst = (void *)(flow->verbs.specs + flow->verbs.size);
                memcpy(dst, src, size);
-               ++parser->drop_q.ibv_attr->num_of_specs;
-               parser->drop_q.offset += size;
-               return;
-       }
-       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-               if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
-                       continue;
-               /* Specification must be the same l3 type or none. */
-               if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_ETH ||
-                   (hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].ip_version ==
-                    hash_rxq_init[i].ip_version) ||
-                   (hash_rxq_init[i].ip_version == 0)) {
-                       dst = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->queue[i].ibv_attr +
-                                       parser->queue[i].offset);
-                       memcpy(dst, src, size);
-                       ++parser->queue[i].ibv_attr->num_of_specs;
-                       parser->queue[i].offset += size;
-               }
+               ++flow->verbs.attr->num_of_specs;
        }
+       flow->verbs.size += size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert Ethernet item to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p item into a Verbs specification after ensuring the NIC
+ * will understand and process it correctly.
+ * If the necessary size for the conversion is greater than the @p flow_size,
+ * nothing is written in @p flow, the validation is still performed.
  *
- * @param item[in]
+ * @param[in] item
  *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small, nothing is
+ *   written.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p item has fully been converted,
+ *   otherwise another call with this returned memory size should be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                    const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data)
+mlx5_flow_item_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item, struct rte_flow *flow,
+                  const size_t flow_size, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
        const struct rte_flow_item_eth *spec = item->spec;
        const struct rte_flow_item_eth *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       const unsigned int eth_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth);
+       const struct rte_flow_item_eth nic_mask = {
+               .dst.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
+               .src.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
+               .type = RTE_BE16(0xffff),
+       };
+       const unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_eth eth = {
-               .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ETH,
-               .size = eth_size,
+               .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ETH,
+               .size = size,
        };
+       int ret;
 
-       parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_ETH;
+       if (flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L2)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "L2 layers already configured");
+       if (!mask)
+               mask = &rte_flow_item_eth_mask;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
+                                       (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
+                                       sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_eth),
+                                       error);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       flow->layers |= MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L2;
+       if (size > flow_size)
+               return size;
        if (spec) {
                unsigned int i;
 
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
                memcpy(&eth.val.dst_mac, spec->dst.addr_bytes, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
                memcpy(&eth.val.src_mac, spec->src.addr_bytes, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
                eth.val.ether_type = spec->type;
@@ -1236,86 +383,197 @@ mlx5_flow_create_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                }
                eth.val.ether_type &= eth.mask.ether_type;
        }
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &eth, eth_size);
-       return 0;
+       mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(flow, &eth, size);
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert VLAN item to Verbs specification.
+ * Update the VLAN tag in the Verbs Ethernet specification.
  *
- * @param item[in]
+ * @param[in, out] attr
+ *   Pointer to Verbs attributes structure.
+ * @param[in] eth
+ *   Verbs structure containing the VLAN information to copy.
+ */
+static void
+mlx5_flow_item_vlan_update(struct ibv_flow_attr *attr,
+                          struct ibv_flow_spec_eth *eth)
+{
+       unsigned int i;
+       enum ibv_flow_spec_type search = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ETH;
+       struct ibv_spec_header *hdr = (struct ibv_spec_header *)
+               ((uint8_t *)attr + sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr));
+
+       for (i = 0; i != attr->num_of_specs; ++i) {
+               if (hdr->type == search) {
+                       struct ibv_flow_spec_eth *e =
+                               (struct ibv_flow_spec_eth *)hdr;
+
+                       e->val.vlan_tag = eth->val.vlan_tag;
+                       e->mask.vlan_tag = eth->mask.vlan_tag;
+                       e->val.ether_type = eth->val.ether_type;
+                       e->mask.ether_type = eth->mask.ether_type;
+                       break;
+               }
+               hdr = (struct ibv_spec_header *)((uint8_t *)hdr + hdr->size);
+       }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert the @p item into @p flow (or by updating the already present
+ * Ethernet Verbs) specification after ensuring the NIC will understand and
+ * process it correctly.
+ * If the necessary size for the conversion is greater than the @p flow_size,
+ * nothing is written in @p flow, the validation is still performed.
+ *
+ * @param[in] item
  *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small, nothing is
+ *   written.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p item has fully been converted,
+ *   otherwise another call with this returned memory size should be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                     const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data)
+mlx5_flow_item_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item, struct rte_flow *flow,
+                   const size_t flow_size, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
        const struct rte_flow_item_vlan *spec = item->spec;
        const struct rte_flow_item_vlan *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       struct ibv_flow_spec_eth *eth;
-       const unsigned int eth_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth);
-
+       const struct rte_flow_item_vlan nic_mask = {
+               .tci = RTE_BE16(0x0fff),
+               .inner_type = RTE_BE16(0xffff),
+       };
+       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth);
+       struct ibv_flow_spec_eth eth = {
+               .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ETH,
+               .size = size,
+       };
+       int ret;
+       const uint32_t l34m = MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3 |
+                       MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4;
+       const uint32_t vlanm = MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_VLAN;
+       const uint32_t l2m = MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L2;
+
+       if (flow->layers & vlanm)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "VLAN layer already configured");
+       else if ((flow->layers & l34m) != 0)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "L2 layer cannot follow L3/L4 layer");
+       if (!mask)
+               mask = &rte_flow_item_vlan_mask;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable
+               (item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
+                (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
+                sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_vlan), error);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
        if (spec) {
-               unsigned int i;
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
-
-               if (parser->drop) {
-                       eth = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->drop_q.ibv_attr +
-                                      parser->drop_q.offset - eth_size);
-                       eth->val.vlan_tag = spec->tci;
-                       eth->mask.vlan_tag = mask->tci;
-                       eth->val.vlan_tag &= eth->mask.vlan_tag;
-                       return 0;
-               }
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
-                               continue;
-
-                       eth = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->queue[i].ibv_attr +
-                                      parser->queue[i].offset - eth_size);
-                       eth->val.vlan_tag = spec->tci;
-                       eth->mask.vlan_tag = mask->tci;
-                       eth->val.vlan_tag &= eth->mask.vlan_tag;
-               }
+               eth.val.vlan_tag = spec->tci;
+               eth.mask.vlan_tag = mask->tci;
+               eth.val.vlan_tag &= eth.mask.vlan_tag;
+               eth.val.ether_type = spec->inner_type;
+               eth.mask.ether_type = mask->inner_type;
+               eth.val.ether_type &= eth.mask.ether_type;
        }
-       return 0;
+       /*
+        * From verbs perspective an empty VLAN is equivalent
+        * to a packet without VLAN layer.
+        */
+       if (!eth.mask.vlan_tag)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC,
+                                         item->spec,
+                                         "VLAN cannot be empty");
+       if (!(flow->layers & l2m)) {
+               if (size <= flow_size)
+                       mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(flow, &eth, size);
+       } else {
+               if (flow->verbs.attr)
+                       mlx5_flow_item_vlan_update(flow->verbs.attr, &eth);
+               size = 0; /* Only an update is done in eth specification. */
+       }
+       flow->layers |= MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L2 |
+               MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_VLAN;
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert IPv4 item to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p item into a Verbs specification after ensuring the NIC
+ * will understand and process it correctly.
+ * If the necessary size for the conversion is greater than the @p flow_size,
+ * nothing is written in @p flow, the validation is still performed.
  *
- * @param item[in]
+ * @param[in] item
  *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small, nothing is
+ *   written.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p item has fully been converted,
+ *   otherwise another call with this returned memory size should be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                     const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data)
+mlx5_flow_item_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item, struct rte_flow *flow,
+                   const size_t flow_size, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
        const struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 *spec = item->spec;
        const struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       unsigned int ipv4_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext);
+       const struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 nic_mask = {
+               .hdr = {
+                       .src_addr = RTE_BE32(0xffffffff),
+                       .dst_addr = RTE_BE32(0xffffffff),
+                       .type_of_service = 0xff,
+                       .next_proto_id = 0xff,
+               },
+       };
+       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext ipv4 = {
-               .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV4_EXT,
-               .size = ipv4_size,
+               .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV4_EXT,
+               .size = size,
        };
+       int ret;
 
-       parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_IPV4;
+       if (flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "multiple L3 layers not supported");
+       else if (flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "L3 cannot follow an L4 layer.");
+       if (!mask)
+               mask = &rte_flow_item_ipv4_mask;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable
+               (item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
+                (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
+                sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_ipv4), error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       flow->layers |= MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV4;
        if (spec) {
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
                ipv4.val = (struct ibv_flow_ipv4_ext_filter){
                        .src_ip = spec->hdr.src_addr,
                        .dst_ip = spec->hdr.dst_addr,
@@ -1334,40 +592,85 @@ mlx5_flow_create_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                ipv4.val.proto &= ipv4.mask.proto;
                ipv4.val.tos &= ipv4.mask.tos;
        }
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &ipv4, ipv4_size);
-       return 0;
+       flow->l3_protocol_en = !!ipv4.mask.proto;
+       flow->l3_protocol = ipv4.val.proto;
+       if (size <= flow_size)
+               mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(flow, &ipv4, size);
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert IPv6 item to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p item into a Verbs specification after ensuring the NIC
+ * will understand and process it correctly.
+ * If the necessary size for the conversion is greater than the @p flow_size,
+ * nothing is written in @p flow, the validation is still performed.
  *
- * @param item[in]
+ * @param[in] item
  *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small, nothing is
+ *   written.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p item has fully been converted,
+ *   otherwise another call with this returned memory size should be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                     const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data)
+mlx5_flow_item_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item, struct rte_flow *flow,
+                   const size_t flow_size, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
        const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 *spec = item->spec;
        const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       unsigned int ipv6_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6);
+       const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 nic_mask = {
+               .hdr = {
+                       .src_addr =
+                               "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"
+                               "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
+                       .dst_addr =
+                               "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"
+                               "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
+                       .vtc_flow = RTE_BE32(0xffffffff),
+                       .proto = 0xff,
+                       .hop_limits = 0xff,
+               },
+       };
+       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6 ipv6 = {
-               .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV6,
-               .size = ipv6_size,
+               .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV6,
+               .size = size,
        };
+       int ret;
 
-       parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
+       if (flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "multiple L3 layers not supported");
+       else if (flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "L3 cannot follow an L4 layer.");
+       if (!mask)
+               mask = &rte_flow_item_ipv6_mask;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable
+               (item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
+                (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
+                sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_ipv6), error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       flow->layers |= MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3_IPV6;
        if (spec) {
                unsigned int i;
+               uint32_t vtc_flow_val;
+               uint32_t vtc_flow_mask;
 
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
                memcpy(&ipv6.val.src_ip, spec->hdr.src_addr,
                       RTE_DIM(ipv6.val.src_ip));
                memcpy(&ipv6.val.dst_ip, spec->hdr.dst_addr,
@@ -1376,7 +679,20 @@ mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                       RTE_DIM(ipv6.mask.src_ip));
                memcpy(&ipv6.mask.dst_ip, mask->hdr.dst_addr,
                       RTE_DIM(ipv6.mask.dst_ip));
-               ipv6.mask.flow_label = mask->hdr.vtc_flow;
+               vtc_flow_val = rte_be_to_cpu_32(spec->hdr.vtc_flow);
+               vtc_flow_mask = rte_be_to_cpu_32(mask->hdr.vtc_flow);
+               ipv6.val.flow_label =
+                       rte_cpu_to_be_32((vtc_flow_val & IPV6_HDR_FL_MASK) >>
+                                        IPV6_HDR_FL_SHIFT);
+               ipv6.val.traffic_class = (vtc_flow_val & IPV6_HDR_TC_MASK) >>
+                                        IPV6_HDR_TC_SHIFT;
+               ipv6.val.next_hdr = spec->hdr.proto;
+               ipv6.val.hop_limit = spec->hdr.hop_limits;
+               ipv6.mask.flow_label =
+                       rte_cpu_to_be_32((vtc_flow_mask & IPV6_HDR_FL_MASK) >>
+                                        IPV6_HDR_FL_SHIFT);
+               ipv6.mask.traffic_class = (vtc_flow_mask & IPV6_HDR_TC_MASK) >>
+                                         IPV6_HDR_TC_SHIFT;
                ipv6.mask.next_hdr = mask->hdr.proto;
                ipv6.mask.hop_limit = mask->hdr.hop_limits;
                /* Remove unwanted bits from values. */
@@ -1385,44 +701,80 @@ mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                        ipv6.val.dst_ip[i] &= ipv6.mask.dst_ip[i];
                }
                ipv6.val.flow_label &= ipv6.mask.flow_label;
+               ipv6.val.traffic_class &= ipv6.mask.traffic_class;
                ipv6.val.next_hdr &= ipv6.mask.next_hdr;
                ipv6.val.hop_limit &= ipv6.mask.hop_limit;
        }
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &ipv6, ipv6_size);
-       return 0;
+       flow->l3_protocol_en = !!ipv6.mask.next_hdr;
+       flow->l3_protocol = ipv6.val.next_hdr;
+       if (size <= flow_size)
+               mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(flow, &ipv6, size);
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert UDP item to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p item into a Verbs specification after ensuring the NIC
+ * will understand and process it correctly.
+ * If the necessary size for the conversion is greater than the @p flow_size,
+ * nothing is written in @p flow, the validation is still performed.
  *
- * @param item[in]
+ * @param[in] item
  *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small, nothing is
+ *   written.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p item has fully been converted,
+ *   otherwise another call with this returned memory size should be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                    const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data)
+mlx5_flow_item_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item, struct rte_flow *flow,
+                  const size_t flow_size, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
        const struct rte_flow_item_udp *spec = item->spec;
        const struct rte_flow_item_udp *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       unsigned int udp_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp);
+       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp udp = {
-               .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_UDP,
-               .size = udp_size,
+               .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_UDP,
+               .size = size,
        };
+       int ret;
 
-       if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_IPV4)
-               parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_UDPV4;
-       else
-               parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_UDPV6;
+       if (!(flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L3))
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "L3 is mandatory to filter on L4");
+       if (flow->layers & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "L4 layer is already present");
+       if (flow->l3_protocol_en && flow->l3_protocol != MLX5_IP_PROTOCOL_UDP)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "protocol filtering not compatible"
+                                         " with UDP layer");
+       if (!mask)
+               mask = &rte_flow_item_udp_mask;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable
+               (item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
+                (const uint8_t *)&rte_flow_item_udp_mask,
+                sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_udp), error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       flow->layers |= MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_OUTER_L4_UDP;
+       if (size > flow_size)
+               return size;
        if (spec) {
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
                udp.val.dst_port = spec->hdr.dst_port;
                udp.val.src_port = spec->hdr.src_port;
                udp.mask.dst_port = mask->hdr.dst_port;
@@ -1431,322 +783,429 @@ mlx5_flow_create_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                udp.val.src_port &= udp.mask.src_port;
                udp.val.dst_port &= udp.mask.dst_port;
        }
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &udp, udp_size);
-       return 0;
+       mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(flow, &udp, size);
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert TCP item to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p pattern into a Verbs specifications after ensuring the NIC
+ * will understand and process it correctly.
+ * The conversion is performed item per item, each of them is written into
+ * the @p flow if its size is lesser or equal to @p flow_size.
+ * Validation and memory consumption computation are still performed until the
+ * end of @p pattern, unless an error is encountered.
  *
- * @param item[in]
- *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in] pattern
+ *   Flow pattern.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to the rte_flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small some
+ *   garbage may be present.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @pattern  has fully been
+ *   converted, otherwise another call with this returned memory size should
+ *   be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_tcp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                    const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data)
+mlx5_flow_items(const struct rte_flow_item pattern[],
+               struct rte_flow *flow, const size_t flow_size,
+               struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       const struct rte_flow_item_tcp *spec = item->spec;
-       const struct rte_flow_item_tcp *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       unsigned int tcp_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp);
-       struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp tcp = {
-               .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_TCP,
-               .size = tcp_size,
-       };
+       int remain = flow_size;
+       size_t size = 0;
+
+       for (; pattern->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; pattern++) {
+               int ret = 0;
+
+               switch (pattern->type) {
+               case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VOID:
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_item_eth(pattern, flow, remain, error);
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_item_vlan(pattern, flow, remain, error);
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_item_ipv4(pattern, flow, remain, error);
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_item_ipv6(pattern, flow, remain, error);
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_item_udp(pattern, flow, remain, error);
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                                 RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                                 pattern,
+                                                 "item not supported");
+               }
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return ret;
+               if (remain > ret)
+                       remain -= ret;
+               else
+                       remain = 0;
+               size += ret;
+       }
+       if (!flow->layers) {
+               const struct rte_flow_item item = {
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
+               };
 
-       if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_IPV4)
-               parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_TCPV4;
-       else
-               parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_TCPV6;
-       if (spec) {
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
-               tcp.val.dst_port = spec->hdr.dst_port;
-               tcp.val.src_port = spec->hdr.src_port;
-               tcp.mask.dst_port = mask->hdr.dst_port;
-               tcp.mask.src_port = mask->hdr.src_port;
-               /* Remove unwanted bits from values. */
-               tcp.val.src_port &= tcp.mask.src_port;
-               tcp.val.dst_port &= tcp.mask.dst_port;
+               return mlx5_flow_item_eth(&item, flow, flow_size, error);
        }
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &tcp, tcp_size);
-       return 0;
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert VXLAN item to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p action into a Verbs specification after ensuring the NIC
+ * will understand and process it correctly.
+ * If the necessary size for the conversion is greater than the @p flow_size,
+ * nothing is written in @p flow, the validation is still performed.
  *
- * @param item[in]
- *   Item specification.
- * @param default_mask[in]
- *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
- * @param data[in, out]
- *   User structure.
+ * @param[in] action
+ *   Action configuration.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small, nothing is
+ *   written.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p action has fully been
+ *   converted, otherwise another call with this returned memory size should
+ *   be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_vxlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
-                      const void *default_mask,
-                      void *data)
+mlx5_flow_action_drop(const struct rte_flow_action *action,
+                     struct rte_flow *flow, const size_t flow_size,
+                     struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       const struct rte_flow_item_vxlan *spec = item->spec;
-       const struct rte_flow_item_vxlan *mask = item->mask;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = (struct mlx5_flow_parse *)data;
-       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tunnel);
-       struct ibv_flow_spec_tunnel vxlan = {
-               .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_VXLAN_TUNNEL,
-               .size = size,
+       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop);
+       struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop drop = {
+                       .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ACTION_DROP,
+                       .size = size,
        };
-       union vni {
-               uint32_t vlan_id;
-               uint8_t vni[4];
-       } id;
 
-       id.vni[0] = 0;
-       parser->inner = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_INNER;
-       if (spec) {
-               if (!mask)
-                       mask = default_mask;
-               memcpy(&id.vni[1], spec->vni, 3);
-               vxlan.val.tunnel_id = id.vlan_id;
-               memcpy(&id.vni[1], mask->vni, 3);
-               vxlan.mask.tunnel_id = id.vlan_id;
-               /* Remove unwanted bits from values. */
-               vxlan.val.tunnel_id &= vxlan.mask.tunnel_id;
-       }
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &vxlan, size);
-       return 0;
+       if (flow->fate)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
+                                         action,
+                                         "multiple fate actions are not"
+                                         " supported");
+       if (size < flow_size)
+               mlx5_flow_spec_verbs_add(flow, &drop, size);
+       flow->fate |= MLX5_FLOW_FATE_DROP;
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert mark/flag action to Verbs specification.
+ * Convert the @p action into @p flow after ensuring the NIC will understand
+ * and process it correctly.
  *
- * @param parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- * @param mark_id
- *   Mark identifier.
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
+ * @param[in] action
+ *   Action configuration.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[out] error
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_flag_mark(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, uint32_t mark_id)
+mlx5_flow_action_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                      const struct rte_flow_action *action,
+                      struct rte_flow *flow,
+                      struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_tag);
-       struct ibv_flow_spec_action_tag tag = {
-               .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ACTION_TAG,
-               .size = size,
-               .tag_id = mlx5_flow_mark_set(mark_id),
-       };
-
-       assert(parser->mark);
-       mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &tag, size);
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+       const struct rte_flow_action_queue *queue = action->conf;
+
+       if (flow->fate)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
+                                         action,
+                                         "multiple fate actions are not"
+                                         " supported");
+       if (queue->index >= priv->rxqs_n)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION_CONF,
+                                         &queue->index,
+                                         "queue index out of range");
+       if (!(*priv->rxqs)[queue->index])
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION_CONF,
+                                         &queue->index,
+                                         "queue is not configured");
+       flow->queue = queue->index;
+       flow->fate |= MLX5_FLOW_FATE_QUEUE;
        return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * Complete flow rule creation with a drop queue.
+ * Convert the @p action into @p flow after ensuring the NIC will understand
+ * and process it correctly.
+ * The conversion is performed action per action, each of them is written into
+ * the @p flow if its size is lesser or equal to @p flow_size.
+ * Validation and memory consumption computation are still performed until the
+ * end of @p action, unless an error is encountered.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- * @param flow
- *   Pointer to the rte_flow.
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
+ * @param[in] actions
+ *   Pointer to flow actions array.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to the rte_flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small some
+ *   garbage may be present.
  * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the @p actions has fully been
+ *   converted, otherwise another call with this returned memory size should
+ *   be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_create_action_queue_drop(struct priv *priv,
-                                  struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
-                                  struct rte_flow *flow,
-                                  struct rte_flow_error *error)
+mlx5_flow_actions(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                 const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
+                 struct rte_flow *flow, const size_t flow_size,
+                 struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop *drop;
-       unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop);
-       int err = 0;
-
-       assert(priv->pd);
-       assert(priv->ctx);
-       flow->drop = 1;
-       drop = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->drop_q.ibv_attr +
-                       parser->drop_q.offset);
-       *drop = (struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop){
-                       .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ACTION_DROP,
-                       .size = size,
-       };
-       ++parser->drop_q.ibv_attr->num_of_specs;
-       parser->drop_q.offset += size;
-       if (!priv->dev->data->dev_started)
-               return 0;
-       flow->drxq.ibv_attr = parser->drop_q.ibv_attr;
-       parser->drop_q.ibv_attr = NULL;
-       flow->drxq.ibv_flow = ibv_create_flow(priv->flow_drop_queue->qp,
-                                             flow->drxq.ibv_attr);
-       if (!flow->drxq.ibv_flow) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
-                                  NULL, "flow rule creation failure");
-               err = ENOMEM;
-               goto error;
-       }
-       return 0;
-error:
-       assert(flow);
-       if (flow->drxq.ibv_flow) {
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->drxq.ibv_flow));
-               flow->drxq.ibv_flow = NULL;
-       }
-       if (flow->drxq.ibv_attr) {
-               rte_free(flow->drxq.ibv_attr);
-               flow->drxq.ibv_attr = NULL;
+       size_t size = 0;
+       int remain = flow_size;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       for (; actions->type != RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END; actions++) {
+               switch (actions->type) {
+               case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VOID:
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_action_drop(actions, flow, remain,
+                                                   error);
+                       break;
+               case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_QUEUE:
+                       ret = mlx5_flow_action_queue(dev, actions, flow, error);
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                                 RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
+                                                 actions,
+                                                 "action not supported");
+               }
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       return ret;
+               if (remain > ret)
+                       remain -= ret;
+               else
+                       remain = 0;
+               size += ret;
        }
-       return err;
+       if (!flow->fate)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "no fate action found");
+       return size;
 }
 
 /**
- * Create hash Rx queues when RSS is enabled.
+ * Convert the @p attributes, @p pattern, @p action, into an flow for the NIC
+ * after ensuring the NIC will understand and process it correctly.
+ * The conversion is only performed item/action per item/action, each of
+ * them is written into the @p flow if its size is lesser or equal to @p
+ * flow_size.
+ * Validation and memory consumption computation are still performed until the
+ * end, unless an error is encountered.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- * @param flow
- *   Pointer to the rte_flow.
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ * @param[in] flow_size
+ *   Size in bytes of the available space in @p flow, if too small some
+ *   garbage may be present.
+ * @param[in] attributes
+ *   Flow rule attributes.
+ * @param[in] pattern
+ *   Pattern specification (list terminated by the END pattern item).
+ * @param[in] actions
+ *   Associated actions (list terminated by the END action).
  * @param[out] error
  *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, a errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ *   On success the number of bytes consumed/necessary, if the returned value
+ *   is lesser or equal to @p flow_size, the flow has fully been converted and
+ *   can be applied, otherwise another call with this returned memory size
+ *   should be done.
+ *   On error, a negative errno value is returned and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_create_action_queue_rss(struct priv *priv,
-                                 struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
-                                 struct rte_flow *flow,
-                                 struct rte_flow_error *error)
+mlx5_flow_merge(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow *flow,
+               const size_t flow_size,
+               const struct rte_flow_attr *attributes,
+               const struct rte_flow_item pattern[],
+               const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
+               struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       unsigned int i;
+       struct rte_flow local_flow = { .layers = 0, };
+       size_t size = sizeof(*flow) + sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
+       int remain = (flow_size > size) ? flow_size - size : 0;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!remain)
+               flow = &local_flow;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_attributes(dev, attributes, flow, error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_items(pattern, flow, remain, error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       size += ret;
+       remain = (flow_size > size) ? flow_size - size : 0;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_actions(dev, actions, flow, remain, error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       size += ret;
+       if (size <= flow_size)
+               flow->verbs.attr->priority = flow->attributes.priority;
+       return size;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate a flow supported by the NIC.
+ *
+ * @see rte_flow_validate()
+ * @see rte_flow_ops
+ */
+int
+mlx5_flow_validate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                  const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
+                  const struct rte_flow_item items[],
+                  const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
+                  struct rte_flow_error *error)
+{
+       int ret = mlx5_flow_merge(dev, NULL, 0, attr, items, actions, error);
 
-       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-               uint64_t hash_fields;
-
-               if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
-                       continue;
-               flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr = parser->queue[i].ibv_attr;
-               parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
-               hash_fields = hash_rxq_init[i].hash_fields;
-               flow->frxq[i].hrxq =
-                       mlx5_priv_hrxq_get(priv,
-                                          parser->rss_conf.rss_key,
-                                          parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
-                                          hash_fields,
-                                          parser->queues,
-                                          hash_fields ? parser->queues_n : 1);
-               if (flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
-                       continue;
-               flow->frxq[i].hrxq =
-                       mlx5_priv_hrxq_new(priv,
-                                          parser->rss_conf.rss_key,
-                                          parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
-                                          hash_fields,
-                                          parser->queues,
-                                          hash_fields ? parser->queues_n : 1);
-               if (!flow->frxq[i].hrxq) {
-                       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM,
-                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
-                                          NULL, "cannot create hash rxq");
-                       return ENOMEM;
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove the flow.
+ *
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
+ */
+static void
+mlx5_flow_remove(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow *flow)
+{
+       if (flow->fate & MLX5_FLOW_FATE_DROP) {
+               if (flow->verbs.flow) {
+                       claim_zero(mlx5_glue->destroy_flow(flow->verbs.flow));
+                       flow->verbs.flow = NULL;
                }
        }
-       return 0;
+       if (flow->verbs.hrxq) {
+               if (flow->fate & MLX5_FLOW_FATE_DROP)
+                       mlx5_hrxq_drop_release(dev);
+               else if (flow->fate & MLX5_FLOW_FATE_QUEUE)
+                       mlx5_hrxq_release(dev, flow->verbs.hrxq);
+               flow->verbs.hrxq = NULL;
+       }
 }
 
 /**
- * Complete flow rule creation.
+ * Apply the flow.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param parser
- *   Internal parser structure.
- * @param flow
- *   Pointer to the rte_flow.
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
+ * @param[in, out] flow
+ *   Pointer to flow structure.
  * @param[out] error
- *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
+ *   Pointer to error structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, a errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_create_action_queue(struct priv *priv,
-                             struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
-                             struct rte_flow *flow,
-                             struct rte_flow_error *error)
+mlx5_flow_apply(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow *flow,
+               struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       int err = 0;
-       unsigned int i;
-
-       assert(priv->pd);
-       assert(priv->ctx);
-       assert(!parser->drop);
-       err = priv_flow_create_action_queue_rss(priv, parser, flow, error);
-       if (err)
-               goto error;
-       if (!priv->dev->data->dev_started)
-               return 0;
-       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-               if (!flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
-                       continue;
-               flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow =
-                       ibv_create_flow(flow->frxq[i].hrxq->qp,
-                                       flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr);
-               if (!flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow) {
-                       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM,
-                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
-                                          NULL, "flow rule creation failure");
-                       err = ENOMEM;
-                       goto error;
-               }
-               DEBUG("%p type %d QP %p ibv_flow %p",
-                     (void *)flow, i,
-                     (void *)flow->frxq[i].hrxq,
-                     (void *)flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow);
+       if (flow->fate & MLX5_FLOW_FATE_DROP) {
+               flow->verbs.hrxq = mlx5_hrxq_drop_new(dev);
+               if (!flow->verbs.hrxq)
+                       return rte_flow_error_set
+                               (error, errno,
+                                RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                NULL,
+                                "cannot allocate Drop queue");
+       } else if (flow->fate & MLX5_FLOW_FATE_QUEUE) {
+               struct mlx5_hrxq *hrxq;
+
+               hrxq = mlx5_hrxq_get(dev, rss_hash_default_key,
+                                    rss_hash_default_key_len, 0,
+                                    &flow->queue, 1, 0, 0);
+               if (!hrxq)
+                       hrxq = mlx5_hrxq_new(dev, rss_hash_default_key,
+                                            rss_hash_default_key_len, 0,
+                                            &flow->queue, 1, 0, 0);
+               if (!hrxq)
+                       return rte_flow_error_set(error, rte_errno,
+                                       RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                       NULL,
+                                       "cannot create flow");
+               flow->verbs.hrxq = hrxq;
        }
-       for (i = 0; i != parser->queues_n; ++i) {
-               struct mlx5_rxq_data *q =
-                       (*priv->rxqs)[parser->queues[i]];
-
-               q->mark |= parser->mark;
+       flow->verbs.flow =
+               mlx5_glue->create_flow(flow->verbs.hrxq->qp, flow->verbs.attr);
+       if (!flow->verbs.flow) {
+               if (flow->fate & MLX5_FLOW_FATE_DROP)
+                       mlx5_hrxq_drop_release(dev);
+               else
+                       mlx5_hrxq_release(dev, flow->verbs.hrxq);
+               flow->verbs.hrxq = NULL;
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, errno,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "kernel module refuses to create"
+                                         " flow");
        }
        return 0;
-error:
-       assert(flow);
-       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-               if (flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow) {
-                       struct ibv_flow *ibv_flow = flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow;
-
-                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(ibv_flow));
-               }
-               if (flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
-                       mlx5_priv_hrxq_release(priv, flow->frxq[i].hrxq);
-               if (flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr)
-                       rte_free(flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr);
-       }
-       return err;
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert a flow.
+ * Create a flow and add it to @p list.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param list
  *   Pointer to a TAILQ flow list.
  * @param[in] attr
  *   Flow rule attributes.
- * @param[in] pattern
+ * @param[in] items
  *   Pattern specification (list terminated by the END pattern item).
  * @param[in] actions
  *   Associated actions (list terminated by the END action).
@@ -1754,87 +1213,51 @@ error:
  *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
  *
  * @return
- *   A flow on success, NULL otherwise.
+ *   A flow on success, NULL otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static struct rte_flow *
-priv_flow_create(struct priv *priv,
-                struct mlx5_flows *list,
-                const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
-                const struct rte_flow_item items[],
-                const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
-                struct rte_flow_error *error)
+mlx5_flow_list_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                     struct mlx5_flows *list,
+                     const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
+                     const struct rte_flow_item items[],
+                     const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
+                     struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse parser = { .create = 1, };
-       struct rte_flow *flow = NULL;
-       unsigned int i;
-       int err;
-
-       err = priv_flow_convert(priv, attr, items, actions, error, &parser);
-       if (err)
-               goto exit;
-       flow = rte_calloc(__func__, 1,
-                         sizeof(*flow) + parser.queues_n * sizeof(uint16_t),
-                         0);
+       struct rte_flow *flow;
+       size_t size;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = mlx5_flow_merge(dev, NULL, 0, attr, items, actions, error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return NULL;
+       size = ret;
+       flow = rte_zmalloc(__func__, size, 0);
        if (!flow) {
                rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM,
                                   RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
                                   NULL,
-                                  "cannot allocate flow memory");
+                                  "cannot allocate memory");
                return NULL;
-       }
-       /* Copy queues configuration. */
-       flow->queues = (uint16_t (*)[])(flow + 1);
-       memcpy(flow->queues, parser.queues, parser.queues_n * sizeof(uint16_t));
-       flow->queues_n = parser.queues_n;
-       /* Copy RSS configuration. */
-       flow->rss_conf = parser.rss_conf;
-       flow->rss_conf.rss_key = flow->rss_key;
-       memcpy(flow->rss_key, parser.rss_key, parser.rss_conf.rss_key_len);
-       /* finalise the flow. */
-       if (parser.drop)
-               err = priv_flow_create_action_queue_drop(priv, &parser, flow,
-                                                        error);
-       else
-               err = priv_flow_create_action_queue(priv, &parser, flow, error);
-       if (err)
-               goto exit;
-       TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(list, flow, next);
-       DEBUG("Flow created %p", (void *)flow);
-       return flow;
-exit:
-       if (parser.drop) {
-               rte_free(parser.drop_q.ibv_attr);
-       } else {
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       if (parser.queue[i].ibv_attr)
-                               rte_free(parser.queue[i].ibv_attr);
-               }
-       }
-       rte_free(flow);
-       return NULL;
-}
-
-/**
- * Validate a flow supported by the NIC.
- *
- * @see rte_flow_validate()
- * @see rte_flow_ops
- */
-int
-mlx5_flow_validate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-                  const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
-                  const struct rte_flow_item items[],
-                  const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
-                  struct rte_flow_error *error)
-{
-       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       int ret;
-       struct mlx5_flow_parse parser = { .create = 0, };
-
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       ret = priv_flow_convert(priv, attr, items, actions, error, &parser);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return ret;
+       }
+       flow->verbs.attr = (struct ibv_flow_attr *)(flow + 1);
+       flow->verbs.specs = (uint8_t *)(flow->verbs.attr + 1);
+       ret = mlx5_flow_merge(dev, flow, size, attr, items, actions, error);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto error;
+       assert((size_t)ret == size);
+       if (dev->data->dev_started) {
+               ret = mlx5_flow_apply(dev, flow, error);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto error;
+       }
+       TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(list, flow, next);
+       return flow;
+error:
+       ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
+       mlx5_flow_remove(dev, flow);
+       rte_free(flow);
+       rte_errno = ret; /* Restore rte_errno. */
+       return NULL;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1850,357 +1273,115 @@ mlx5_flow_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                 const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
                 struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       struct rte_flow *flow;
-
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       flow = priv_flow_create(priv, &priv->flows, attr, items, actions,
-                               error);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return flow;
+       return mlx5_flow_list_create
+               (dev, &((struct priv *)dev->data->dev_private)->flows,
+                attr, items, actions, error);
 }
 
 /**
- * Destroy a flow.
+ * Destroy a flow in a list.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param list
  *   Pointer to a TAILQ flow list.
  * @param[in] flow
  *   Flow to destroy.
  */
 static void
-priv_flow_destroy(struct priv *priv,
-                 struct mlx5_flows *list,
-                 struct rte_flow *flow)
+mlx5_flow_list_destroy(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_flows *list,
+                      struct rte_flow *flow)
 {
-       unsigned int i;
-
-       if (flow->drop || !flow->mark)
-               goto free;
-       for (i = 0; i != flow->queues_n; ++i) {
-               struct rte_flow *tmp;
-               int mark = 0;
-
-               /*
-                * To remove the mark from the queue, the queue must not be
-                * present in any other marked flow (RSS or not).
-                */
-               TAILQ_FOREACH(tmp, list, next) {
-                       unsigned int j;
-                       uint16_t *tqs = NULL;
-                       uint16_t tq_n = 0;
-
-                       if (!tmp->mark)
-                               continue;
-                       for (j = 0; j != hash_rxq_init_n; ++j) {
-                               if (!tmp->frxq[j].hrxq)
-                                       continue;
-                               tqs = tmp->frxq[j].hrxq->ind_table->queues;
-                               tq_n = tmp->frxq[j].hrxq->ind_table->queues_n;
-                       }
-                       if (!tq_n)
-                               continue;
-                       for (j = 0; (j != tq_n) && !mark; j++)
-                               if (tqs[j] == (*flow->queues)[i])
-                                       mark = 1;
-               }
-               (*priv->rxqs)[(*flow->queues)[i]]->mark = mark;
-       }
-free:
-       if (flow->drop) {
-               if (flow->drxq.ibv_flow)
-                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->drxq.ibv_flow));
-               rte_free(flow->drxq.ibv_attr);
-       } else {
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       struct mlx5_flow *frxq = &flow->frxq[i];
-
-                       if (frxq->ibv_flow)
-                               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(frxq->ibv_flow));
-                       if (frxq->hrxq)
-                               mlx5_priv_hrxq_release(priv, frxq->hrxq);
-                       if (frxq->ibv_attr)
-                               rte_free(frxq->ibv_attr);
-               }
-       }
+       mlx5_flow_remove(dev, flow);
        TAILQ_REMOVE(list, flow, next);
-       DEBUG("Flow destroyed %p", (void *)flow);
        rte_free(flow);
 }
 
 /**
  * Destroy all flows.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param list
  *   Pointer to a TAILQ flow list.
  */
 void
-priv_flow_flush(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flows *list)
+mlx5_flow_list_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_flows *list)
 {
        while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(list)) {
                struct rte_flow *flow;
 
                flow = TAILQ_FIRST(list);
-               priv_flow_destroy(priv, list, flow);
-       }
-}
-
-/**
- * Create drop queue.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success.
- */
-int
-priv_flow_create_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
-{
-       struct mlx5_hrxq_drop *fdq = NULL;
-
-       assert(priv->pd);
-       assert(priv->ctx);
-       fdq = rte_calloc(__func__, 1, sizeof(*fdq), 0);
-       if (!fdq) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate memory for drop queue");
-               goto error;
-       }
-       fdq->cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, 1, NULL, NULL, 0);
-       if (!fdq->cq) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate CQ for drop queue");
-               goto error;
+               mlx5_flow_list_destroy(dev, list, flow);
        }
-       fdq->wq = ibv_create_wq(priv->ctx,
-                       &(struct ibv_wq_init_attr){
-                       .wq_type = IBV_WQT_RQ,
-                       .max_wr = 1,
-                       .max_sge = 1,
-                       .pd = priv->pd,
-                       .cq = fdq->cq,
-                       });
-       if (!fdq->wq) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate WQ for drop queue");
-               goto error;
-       }
-       fdq->ind_table = ibv_create_rwq_ind_table(priv->ctx,
-                       &(struct ibv_rwq_ind_table_init_attr){
-                       .log_ind_tbl_size = 0,
-                       .ind_tbl = &fdq->wq,
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-                       });
-       if (!fdq->ind_table) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate indirection table for drop queue");
-               goto error;
-       }
-       fdq->qp = ibv_create_qp_ex(priv->ctx,
-               &(struct ibv_qp_init_attr_ex){
-                       .qp_type = IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET,
-                       .comp_mask =
-                               IBV_QP_INIT_ATTR_PD |
-                               IBV_QP_INIT_ATTR_IND_TABLE |
-                               IBV_QP_INIT_ATTR_RX_HASH,
-                       .rx_hash_conf = (struct ibv_rx_hash_conf){
-                               .rx_hash_function =
-                                       IBV_RX_HASH_FUNC_TOEPLITZ,
-                               .rx_hash_key_len = rss_hash_default_key_len,
-                               .rx_hash_key = rss_hash_default_key,
-                               .rx_hash_fields_mask = 0,
-                               },
-                       .rwq_ind_tbl = fdq->ind_table,
-                       .pd = priv->pd
-               });
-       if (!fdq->qp) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate QP for drop queue");
-               goto error;
-       }
-       priv->flow_drop_queue = fdq;
-       return 0;
-error:
-       if (fdq->qp)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(fdq->qp));
-       if (fdq->ind_table)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_rwq_ind_table(fdq->ind_table));
-       if (fdq->wq)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_wq(fdq->wq));
-       if (fdq->cq)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(fdq->cq));
-       if (fdq)
-               rte_free(fdq);
-       priv->flow_drop_queue = NULL;
-       return -1;
-}
-
-/**
- * Delete drop queue.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- */
-void
-priv_flow_delete_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
-{
-       struct mlx5_hrxq_drop *fdq = priv->flow_drop_queue;
-
-       if (!fdq)
-               return;
-       if (fdq->qp)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(fdq->qp));
-       if (fdq->ind_table)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_rwq_ind_table(fdq->ind_table));
-       if (fdq->wq)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_wq(fdq->wq));
-       if (fdq->cq)
-               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(fdq->cq));
-       rte_free(fdq);
-       priv->flow_drop_queue = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
  * Remove all flows.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param list
  *   Pointer to a TAILQ flow list.
  */
 void
-priv_flow_stop(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flows *list)
+mlx5_flow_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_flows *list)
 {
        struct rte_flow *flow;
 
-       TAILQ_FOREACH_REVERSE(flow, list, mlx5_flows, next) {
-               unsigned int i;
-
-               if (flow->drop) {
-                       if (!flow->drxq.ibv_flow)
-                               continue;
-                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->drxq.ibv_flow));
-                       flow->drxq.ibv_flow = NULL;
-                       /* Next flow. */
-                       continue;
-               }
-               if (flow->mark) {
-                       struct mlx5_ind_table_ibv *ind_tbl = NULL;
-
-                       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                               if (!flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
-                                       continue;
-                               ind_tbl = flow->frxq[i].hrxq->ind_table;
-                       }
-                       assert(ind_tbl);
-                       for (i = 0; i != ind_tbl->queues_n; ++i)
-                               (*priv->rxqs)[ind_tbl->queues[i]]->mark = 0;
-               }
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       if (!flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow)
-                               continue;
-                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow));
-                       flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow = NULL;
-                       mlx5_priv_hrxq_release(priv, flow->frxq[i].hrxq);
-                       flow->frxq[i].hrxq = NULL;
-               }
-               DEBUG("Flow %p removed", (void *)flow);
-       }
+       TAILQ_FOREACH_REVERSE(flow, list, mlx5_flows, next)
+               mlx5_flow_remove(dev, flow);
 }
 
 /**
  * Add all flows.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param list
  *   Pointer to a TAILQ flow list.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, a errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
-priv_flow_start(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flows *list)
+mlx5_flow_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_flows *list)
 {
        struct rte_flow *flow;
+       struct rte_flow_error error;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        TAILQ_FOREACH(flow, list, next) {
-               unsigned int i;
-
-               if (flow->drop) {
-                       flow->drxq.ibv_flow =
-                               ibv_create_flow(priv->flow_drop_queue->qp,
-                                               flow->drxq.ibv_attr);
-                       if (!flow->drxq.ibv_flow) {
-                               DEBUG("Flow %p cannot be applied",
-                                     (void *)flow);
-                               rte_errno = EINVAL;
-                               return rte_errno;
-                       }
-                       DEBUG("Flow %p applied", (void *)flow);
-                       /* Next flow. */
-                       continue;
-               }
-               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
-                       if (!flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr)
-                               continue;
-                       flow->frxq[i].hrxq =
-                               mlx5_priv_hrxq_get(priv, flow->rss_conf.rss_key,
-                                                  flow->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
-                                                  hash_rxq_init[i].hash_fields,
-                                                  (*flow->queues),
-                                                  flow->queues_n);
-                       if (flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
-                               goto flow_create;
-                       flow->frxq[i].hrxq =
-                               mlx5_priv_hrxq_new(priv, flow->rss_conf.rss_key,
-                                                  flow->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
-                                                  hash_rxq_init[i].hash_fields,
-                                                  (*flow->queues),
-                                                  flow->queues_n);
-                       if (!flow->frxq[i].hrxq) {
-                               DEBUG("Flow %p cannot be applied",
-                                     (void *)flow);
-                               rte_errno = EINVAL;
-                               return rte_errno;
-                       }
-flow_create:
-                       flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow =
-                               ibv_create_flow(flow->frxq[i].hrxq->qp,
-                                               flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr);
-                       if (!flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow) {
-                               DEBUG("Flow %p cannot be applied",
-                                     (void *)flow);
-                               rte_errno = EINVAL;
-                               return rte_errno;
-                       }
-                       DEBUG("Flow %p applied", (void *)flow);
-               }
-               if (!flow->mark)
-                       continue;
-               for (i = 0; i != flow->queues_n; ++i)
-                       (*priv->rxqs)[(*flow->queues)[i]]->mark = 1;
+               ret = mlx5_flow_apply(dev, flow, &error);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto error;
        }
        return 0;
+error:
+       ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
+       mlx5_flow_stop(dev, list);
+       rte_errno = ret; /* Restore rte_errno. */
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
  * Verify the flow list is empty
  *
- * @param priv
- *  Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *  Pointer to Ethernet device.
  *
  * @return the number of flows not released.
  */
 int
-priv_flow_verify(struct priv *priv)
+mlx5_flow_verify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        struct rte_flow *flow;
        int ret = 0;
 
        TAILQ_FOREACH(flow, &priv->flows, next) {
-               DEBUG("%p: flow %p still referenced", (void *)priv,
-                     (void *)flow);
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow %p still referenced",
+                       dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                ++ret;
        }
        return ret;
@@ -2221,7 +1402,7 @@ priv_flow_verify(struct priv *priv)
  *   A VLAN flow mask to apply.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
 mlx5_ctrl_flow_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -2233,7 +1414,7 @@ mlx5_ctrl_flow_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        const struct rte_flow_attr attr = {
                .ingress = 1,
-               .priority = MLX5_CTRL_FLOW_PRIORITY,
+               .priority = priv->config.flow_prio - 1,
        };
        struct rte_flow_item items[] = {
                {
@@ -2253,9 +1434,20 @@ mlx5_ctrl_flow_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                        .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END,
                },
        };
+       uint16_t queue[priv->reta_idx_n];
+       struct rte_flow_action_rss action_rss = {
+               .func = RTE_ETH_HASH_FUNCTION_DEFAULT,
+               .level = 0,
+               .types = priv->rss_conf.rss_hf,
+               .key_len = priv->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
+               .queue_num = priv->reta_idx_n,
+               .key = priv->rss_conf.rss_key,
+               .queue = queue,
+       };
        struct rte_flow_action actions[] = {
                {
                        .type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_RSS,
+                       .conf = &action_rss,
                },
                {
                        .type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END,
@@ -2264,26 +1456,17 @@ mlx5_ctrl_flow_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
        struct rte_flow *flow;
        struct rte_flow_error error;
        unsigned int i;
-       union {
-               struct rte_flow_action_rss rss;
-               struct {
-                       const struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf;
-                       uint16_t num;
-                       uint16_t queue[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT];
-               } local;
-       } action_rss;
-
-       if (!priv->reta_idx_n)
-               return EINVAL;
+
+       if (!priv->reta_idx_n) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        for (i = 0; i != priv->reta_idx_n; ++i)
-               action_rss.local.queue[i] = (*priv->reta_idx)[i];
-       action_rss.local.rss_conf = &priv->rss_conf;
-       action_rss.local.num = priv->reta_idx_n;
-       actions[0].conf = (const void *)&action_rss.rss;
-       flow = priv_flow_create(priv, &priv->ctrl_flows, &attr, items, actions,
-                               &error);
+               queue[i] = (*priv->reta_idx)[i];
+       flow = mlx5_flow_list_create(dev, &priv->ctrl_flows, &attr, items,
+                                    actions, &error);
        if (!flow)
-               return rte_errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2298,7 +1481,7 @@ mlx5_ctrl_flow_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
  *   An Ethernet flow mask to apply.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
 mlx5_ctrl_flow(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -2317,14 +1500,11 @@ mlx5_ctrl_flow(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 int
 mlx5_flow_destroy(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                  struct rte_flow *flow,
-                 struct rte_flow_error *error)
+                 struct rte_flow_error *error __rte_unused)
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 
-       (void)error;
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       priv_flow_destroy(priv, &priv->flows, flow);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
+       mlx5_flow_list_destroy(dev, &priv->flows, flow);
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2336,14 +1516,11 @@ mlx5_flow_destroy(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
  */
 int
 mlx5_flow_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-               struct rte_flow_error *error)
+               struct rte_flow_error *error __rte_unused)
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 
-       (void)error;
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       priv_flow_flush(priv, &priv->flows);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
+       mlx5_flow_list_flush(dev, &priv->flows);
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2360,16 +1537,419 @@ mlx5_flow_isolate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
        if (dev->data->dev_started) {
                rte_flow_error_set(error, EBUSY,
                                   RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
                                   NULL,
                                   "port must be stopped first");
-               priv_unlock(priv);
                return -rte_errno;
        }
        priv->isolated = !!enable;
-       priv_unlock(priv);
+       if (enable)
+               dev->dev_ops = &mlx5_dev_ops_isolate;
+       else
+               dev->dev_ops = &mlx5_dev_ops;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert a flow director filter to a generic flow.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param fdir_filter
+ *   Flow director filter to add.
+ * @param attributes
+ *   Generic flow parameters structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+static int
+mlx5_fdir_filter_convert(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                        const struct rte_eth_fdir_filter *fdir_filter,
+                        struct mlx5_fdir *attributes)
+{
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+       const struct rte_eth_fdir_input *input = &fdir_filter->input;
+       const struct rte_eth_fdir_masks *mask =
+               &dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mask;
+
+       /* Validate queue number. */
+       if (fdir_filter->action.rx_queue >= priv->rxqs_n) {
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u invalid queue number %d",
+                       dev->data->port_id, fdir_filter->action.rx_queue);
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       attributes->attr.ingress = 1;
+       attributes->items[0] = (struct rte_flow_item) {
+               .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
+               .spec = &attributes->l2,
+               .mask = &attributes->l2_mask,
+       };
+       switch (fdir_filter->action.behavior) {
+       case RTE_ETH_FDIR_ACCEPT:
+               attributes->actions[0] = (struct rte_flow_action){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_QUEUE,
+                       .conf = &attributes->queue,
+               };
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FDIR_REJECT:
+               attributes->actions[0] = (struct rte_flow_action){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_DROP,
+               };
+               break;
+       default:
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u invalid behavior %d",
+                       dev->data->port_id,
+                       fdir_filter->action.behavior);
+               rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       attributes->queue.index = fdir_filter->action.rx_queue;
+       /* Handle L3. */
+       switch (fdir_filter->input.flow_type) {
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV4_UDP:
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV4_TCP:
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV4_OTHER:
+               attributes->l3.ipv4.hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr){
+                       .src_addr = input->flow.ip4_flow.src_ip,
+                       .dst_addr = input->flow.ip4_flow.dst_ip,
+                       .time_to_live = input->flow.ip4_flow.ttl,
+                       .type_of_service = input->flow.ip4_flow.tos,
+                       .next_proto_id = input->flow.ip4_flow.proto,
+               };
+               attributes->l3_mask.ipv4.hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr){
+                       .src_addr = mask->ipv4_mask.src_ip,
+                       .dst_addr = mask->ipv4_mask.dst_ip,
+                       .time_to_live = mask->ipv4_mask.ttl,
+                       .type_of_service = mask->ipv4_mask.tos,
+                       .next_proto_id = mask->ipv4_mask.proto,
+               };
+               attributes->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
+                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l3_mask,
+               };
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_UDP:
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_TCP:
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_OTHER:
+               attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr){
+                       .hop_limits = input->flow.ipv6_flow.hop_limits,
+                       .proto = input->flow.ipv6_flow.proto,
+               };
+
+               memcpy(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr,
+                      input->flow.ipv6_flow.src_ip,
+                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
+               memcpy(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.dst_addr,
+                      input->flow.ipv6_flow.dst_ip,
+                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
+               memcpy(attributes->l3_mask.ipv6.hdr.src_addr,
+                      mask->ipv6_mask.src_ip,
+                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3_mask.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
+               memcpy(attributes->l3_mask.ipv6.hdr.dst_addr,
+                      mask->ipv6_mask.dst_ip,
+                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3_mask.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
+               attributes->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6,
+                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l3_mask,
+               };
+               break;
+       default:
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u invalid flow type%d",
+                       dev->data->port_id, fdir_filter->input.flow_type);
+               rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       /* Handle L4. */
+       switch (fdir_filter->input.flow_type) {
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV4_UDP:
+               attributes->l4.udp.hdr = (struct udp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = input->flow.udp4_flow.src_port,
+                       .dst_port = input->flow.udp4_flow.dst_port,
+               };
+               attributes->l4_mask.udp.hdr = (struct udp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = mask->src_port_mask,
+                       .dst_port = mask->dst_port_mask,
+               };
+               attributes->items[2] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP,
+                       .spec = &attributes->l4,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l4_mask,
+               };
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV4_TCP:
+               attributes->l4.tcp.hdr = (struct tcp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = input->flow.tcp4_flow.src_port,
+                       .dst_port = input->flow.tcp4_flow.dst_port,
+               };
+               attributes->l4_mask.tcp.hdr = (struct tcp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = mask->src_port_mask,
+                       .dst_port = mask->dst_port_mask,
+               };
+               attributes->items[2] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_TCP,
+                       .spec = &attributes->l4,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l4_mask,
+               };
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_UDP:
+               attributes->l4.udp.hdr = (struct udp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = input->flow.udp6_flow.src_port,
+                       .dst_port = input->flow.udp6_flow.dst_port,
+               };
+               attributes->l4_mask.udp.hdr = (struct udp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = mask->src_port_mask,
+                       .dst_port = mask->dst_port_mask,
+               };
+               attributes->items[2] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP,
+                       .spec = &attributes->l4,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l4_mask,
+               };
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_TCP:
+               attributes->l4.tcp.hdr = (struct tcp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = input->flow.tcp6_flow.src_port,
+                       .dst_port = input->flow.tcp6_flow.dst_port,
+               };
+               attributes->l4_mask.tcp.hdr = (struct tcp_hdr){
+                       .src_port = mask->src_port_mask,
+                       .dst_port = mask->dst_port_mask,
+               };
+               attributes->items[2] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_TCP,
+                       .spec = &attributes->l4,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l4_mask,
+               };
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV4_OTHER:
+       case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_OTHER:
+               break;
+       default:
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u invalid flow type%d",
+                       dev->data->port_id, fdir_filter->input.flow_type);
+               rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Add new flow director filter and store it in list.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param fdir_filter
+ *   Flow director filter to add.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+static int
+mlx5_fdir_filter_add(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                    const struct rte_eth_fdir_filter *fdir_filter)
+{
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+       struct mlx5_fdir attributes = {
+               .attr.group = 0,
+               .l2_mask = {
+                       .dst.addr_bytes = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
+                       .src.addr_bytes = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
+                       .type = 0,
+               },
+       };
+       struct rte_flow_error error;
+       struct rte_flow *flow;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = mlx5_fdir_filter_convert(dev, fdir_filter, &attributes);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       flow = mlx5_flow_list_create(dev, &priv->flows, &attributes.attr,
+                                    attributes.items, attributes.actions,
+                                    &error);
+       if (flow) {
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u FDIR created %p", dev->data->port_id,
+                       (void *)flow);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       return -rte_errno;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Delete specific filter.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param fdir_filter
+ *   Filter to be deleted.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+static int
+mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+                       const struct rte_eth_fdir_filter *fdir_filter
+                       __rte_unused)
+{
+       rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+       return -rte_errno;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Update queue for specific filter.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param fdir_filter
+ *   Filter to be updated.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+static int
+mlx5_fdir_filter_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                       const struct rte_eth_fdir_filter *fdir_filter)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(dev, fdir_filter);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       return mlx5_fdir_filter_add(dev, fdir_filter);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Flush all filters.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ */
+static void
+mlx5_fdir_filter_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+       mlx5_flow_list_flush(dev, &priv->flows);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get flow director information.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param[out] fdir_info
+ *   Resulting flow director information.
+ */
+static void
+mlx5_fdir_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fdir_info *fdir_info)
+{
+       struct rte_eth_fdir_masks *mask =
+               &dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mask;
+
+       fdir_info->mode = dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mode;
+       fdir_info->guarant_spc = 0;
+       rte_memcpy(&fdir_info->mask, mask, sizeof(fdir_info->mask));
+       fdir_info->max_flexpayload = 0;
+       fdir_info->flow_types_mask[0] = 0;
+       fdir_info->flex_payload_unit = 0;
+       fdir_info->max_flex_payload_segment_num = 0;
+       fdir_info->flex_payload_limit = 0;
+       memset(&fdir_info->flex_conf, 0, sizeof(fdir_info->flex_conf));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deal with flow director operations.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ * @param filter_op
+ *   Operation to perform.
+ * @param arg
+ *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+static int
+mlx5_fdir_ctrl_func(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
+                   void *arg)
+{
+       enum rte_fdir_mode fdir_mode =
+               dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mode;
+
+       if (filter_op == RTE_ETH_FILTER_NOP)
+               return 0;
+       if (fdir_mode != RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT &&
+           fdir_mode != RTE_FDIR_MODE_PERFECT_MAC_VLAN) {
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u flow director mode %d not supported",
+                       dev->data->port_id, fdir_mode);
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       switch (filter_op) {
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_ADD:
+               return mlx5_fdir_filter_add(dev, arg);
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_UPDATE:
+               return mlx5_fdir_filter_update(dev, arg);
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_DELETE:
+               return mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(dev, arg);
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_FLUSH:
+               mlx5_fdir_filter_flush(dev);
+               break;
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_INFO:
+               mlx5_fdir_info_get(dev, arg);
+               break;
+       default:
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u unknown operation %u",
+                       dev->data->port_id, filter_op);
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Manage filter operations.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
+ * @param filter_type
+ *   Filter type.
+ * @param filter_op
+ *   Operation to perform.
+ * @param arg
+ *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+int
+mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+                    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
+                    enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
+                    void *arg)
+{
+       switch (filter_type) {
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
+               if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
+                       rte_errno = EINVAL;
+                       return -rte_errno;
+               }
+               *(const void **)arg = &mlx5_flow_ops;
+               return 0;
+       case RTE_ETH_FILTER_FDIR:
+               return mlx5_fdir_ctrl_func(dev, filter_op, arg);
+       default:
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u filter type (%d) not supported",
+                       dev->data->port_id, filter_type);
+               rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        return 0;
 }