+/**
+ * Validate META item.
+ *
+ * @param[in] dev
+ * Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ * @param[in] item
+ * Item specification.
+ * @param[in] attr
+ * Attributes of flow that includes this item.
+ * @param[out] error
+ * Pointer to error structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+static int
+flow_dv_validate_item_meta(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+ const struct rte_flow_item *item,
+ const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
+ struct rte_flow_error *error)
+{
+ const struct rte_flow_item_meta *spec = item->spec;
+ const struct rte_flow_item_meta *mask = item->mask;
+ const struct rte_flow_item_meta nic_mask = {
+ .data = RTE_BE32(UINT32_MAX)
+ };
+ int ret;
+ uint64_t offloads = dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads;
+
+ if (!(offloads & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA))
+ return rte_flow_error_set(error, EPERM,
+ RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+ NULL,
+ "match on metadata offload "
+ "configuration is off for this port");
+ if (!spec)
+ return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+ RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC,
+ item->spec,
+ "data cannot be empty");
+ if (!spec->data)
+ return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+ RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM_SPEC,
+ NULL,
+ "data cannot be zero");
+ if (!mask)
+ mask = &rte_flow_item_meta_mask;
+ ret = mlx5_flow_item_acceptable(item, (const uint8_t *)mask,
+ (const uint8_t *)&nic_mask,
+ sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_meta),
+ error);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ if (attr->ingress)
+ return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
+ RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_INGRESS,
+ NULL,
+ "pattern not supported for ingress");
+ return 0;
+}
+