New upstream version 17.11.4
[deb_dpdk.git] / drivers / net / mlx5 / mlx5_flow.c
index f32dfdd..1822c2b 100644 (file)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic error "-Wpedantic"
 #endif
 
+#include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev.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_IPV6 6
 
 #ifndef HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_COUNTERS_SET_SUPPORT
-struct ibv_counter_set_init_attr {
-       int dummy;
-};
-struct ibv_flow_spec_counter_action {
-       int dummy;
-};
 struct ibv_counter_set {
        int dummy;
 };
@@ -82,40 +79,46 @@ ibv_destroy_counter_set(struct ibv_counter_set *cs)
 extern const struct eth_dev_ops mlx5_dev_ops;
 extern const struct eth_dev_ops mlx5_dev_ops_isolate;
 
+/** Structure give to the conversion functions. */
+struct mlx5_flow_data {
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser; /** Parser context. */
+       struct rte_flow_error *error; /** Error context. */
+};
+
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                     const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data);
+                    struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                      const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data);
+                     struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                      const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data);
+                     struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                      const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data);
+                     struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                     const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data);
+                    struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_tcp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                     const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data);
+                    struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_vxlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                       const void *default_mask,
-                      void *data);
+                      struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
 
 struct mlx5_flow_parse;
 
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ static int
 mlx5_flow_create_flag_mark(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, uint32_t mark_id);
 
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_count(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser);
+mlx5_flow_create_count(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser);
 
 /* Hash RX queue types. */
 enum hash_rxq_type {
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
                                IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_TCP |
                                IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_TCP),
                .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV4_TCP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
+               .flow_priority = 1,
                .ip_version = MLX5_IPV4,
        },
        [HASH_RXQ_UDPV4] = {
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
                                IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_UDP |
                                IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_UDP),
                .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV4_UDP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
+               .flow_priority = 1,
                .ip_version = MLX5_IPV4,
        },
        [HASH_RXQ_IPV4] = {
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
                                IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV4),
                .dpdk_rss_hf = (ETH_RSS_IPV4 |
                                ETH_RSS_FRAG_IPV4),
-               .flow_priority = 1,
+               .flow_priority = 2,
                .ip_version = MLX5_IPV4,
        },
        [HASH_RXQ_TCPV6] = {
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
                                IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_TCP |
                                IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_TCP),
                .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV6_TCP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
+               .flow_priority = 1,
                .ip_version = MLX5_IPV6,
        },
        [HASH_RXQ_UDPV6] = {
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
                                IBV_RX_HASH_SRC_PORT_UDP |
                                IBV_RX_HASH_DST_PORT_UDP),
                .dpdk_rss_hf = ETH_RSS_NONFRAG_IPV6_UDP,
-               .flow_priority = 0,
+               .flow_priority = 1,
                .ip_version = MLX5_IPV6,
        },
        [HASH_RXQ_IPV6] = {
@@ -199,13 +202,13 @@ const struct hash_rxq_init hash_rxq_init[] = {
                                IBV_RX_HASH_DST_IPV6),
                .dpdk_rss_hf = (ETH_RSS_IPV6 |
                                ETH_RSS_FRAG_IPV6),
-               .flow_priority = 1,
+               .flow_priority = 2,
                .ip_version = MLX5_IPV6,
        },
        [HASH_RXQ_ETH] = {
                .hash_fields = 0,
                .dpdk_rss_hf = 0,
-               .flow_priority = 2,
+               .flow_priority = 3,
        },
 };
 
@@ -250,11 +253,8 @@ struct rte_flow {
        uint8_t rss_key[40]; /**< copy of the RSS key. */
        struct ibv_counter_set *cs; /**< Holds the counters for the rule. */
        struct mlx5_flow_counter_stats counter_stats;/**<The counter stats. */
-       union {
-               struct mlx5_flow frxq[RTE_DIM(hash_rxq_init)];
-               /**< Flow with Rx queue. */
-               struct mlx5_flow_drop drxq; /**< Flow with drop Rx queue. */
-       };
+       struct mlx5_flow frxq[RTE_DIM(hash_rxq_init)];
+       /**< Flow with Rx queue. */
 };
 
 /** Static initializer for items. */
@@ -288,11 +288,12 @@ struct mlx5_flow_items {
         *   Internal structure to store the conversion.
         *
         * @return
-        *   0 on success, negative value otherwise.
+        *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is
+        *   set.
         */
        int (*convert)(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                       const void *default_mask,
-                      void *data);
+                      struct mlx5_flow_data *data);
        /** Size in bytes of the destination structure. */
        const unsigned int dst_sz;
        /** List of possible following items.  */
@@ -444,20 +445,12 @@ struct mlx5_flow_parse {
        uint8_t rss_key[40]; /**< copy of the RSS key. */
        enum hash_rxq_type layer; /**< Last pattern layer detected. */
        struct ibv_counter_set *cs; /**< Holds the counter set for the rule */
-       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 {
+               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)];
 };
 
 static const struct rte_flow_ops mlx5_flow_ops = {
@@ -484,10 +477,18 @@ struct mlx5_fdir {
                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;
 };
 
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ struct ibv_spec_header {
 };
 
 /**
- * Check support for a given item.
+ * Check item is fully supported by the NIC matching capability.
  *
  * @param item[in]
  *   Item specification.
@@ -509,110 +510,97 @@ struct ibv_spec_header {
  *   Bit-Mask size in bytes.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 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;
+       unsigned int i;
+       const uint8_t *spec = item->spec;
+       const uint8_t *last = item->last;
+       const uint8_t *m = item->mask ? item->mask : mask;
 
-               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);
+       if (!spec && (item->mask || last))
+               goto error;
+       if (!spec)
+               return 0;
+       /*
+        * Single-pass check to make sure that:
+        * - item->mask is supported, no bits are set outside mask.
+        * - Both masked item->spec and item->last are equal (no range
+        *   supported).
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+               if (!m[i])
+                       continue;
+               if ((m[i] | mask[i]) != mask[i])
+                       goto error;
+               if (last && ((spec[i] & m[i]) != (last[i] & m[i])))
+                       goto error;
        }
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
+error:
+       rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
- * Copy the RSS configuration from the user ones.
+ * Copy the RSS configuration from the user ones, of the rss_conf is null,
+ * uses the driver one.
  *
- * @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.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_convert_rss_conf(struct priv *priv,
-                          struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
+mlx5_flow_convert_rss_conf(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
                           const struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf)
 {
-       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;
+       /*
+        * This function is also called at the beginning of
+        * mlx5_flow_convert_actions() to initialize the parser with the
+        * device default RSS configuration.
+        */
+       if (rss_conf) {
+               if (rss_conf->rss_hf & MLX5_RSS_HF_MASK) {
+                       rte_errno = EINVAL;
+                       return -rte_errno;
+               }
+               if (rss_conf->rss_key_len != 40) {
+                       rte_errno = EINVAL;
+                       return -rte_errno;
+               }
+               if (rss_conf->rss_key_len && rss_conf->rss_key) {
+                       parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len = rss_conf->rss_key_len;
+                       memcpy(parser->rss_key, rss_conf->rss_key,
+                              rss_conf->rss_key_len);
+                       parser->rss_conf.rss_key = parser->rss_key;
+               }
+               parser->rss_conf.rss_hf = rss_conf->rss_hf;
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
 /**
  * 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)
+mlx5_flow_convert_attributes(const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
+                            struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       (void)priv;
-       (void)parser;
        if (attr->group) {
                rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP,
                                   RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ATTR_GROUP,
@@ -647,8 +635,8 @@ priv_flow_convert_attributes(struct priv *priv,
 /**
  * Extract actions request to the parser.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param[in] actions
  *   Associated actions (list terminated by the END action).
  * @param[out] error
@@ -660,18 +648,23 @@ priv_flow_convert_attributes(struct priv *priv,
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_convert_actions(struct priv *priv,
+mlx5_flow_convert_actions(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                          const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
                          struct rte_flow_error *error,
                          struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+       int ret;
+
        /*
         * 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);
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert_rss_conf(parser,
+                                        (const struct rte_eth_rss_conf *)
+                                        &priv->rss_conf);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
        for (; actions->type != RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END; ++actions) {
                if (actions->type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VOID) {
                        continue;
@@ -736,6 +729,14 @@ priv_flow_convert_actions(struct priv *priv,
                                        return -rte_errno;
                                }
                        }
+                       if (rss->num > RTE_DIM(parser->queues)) {
+                               rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+                                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
+                                                  actions,
+                                                  "too many queues for RSS"
+                                                  " context");
+                               return -rte_errno;
+                       }
                        for (n = 0; n < rss->num; ++n) {
                                if (rss->queue[n] >= priv->rxqs_n) {
                                        rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
@@ -749,8 +750,7 @@ priv_flow_convert_actions(struct priv *priv,
                        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)) {
+                       if (mlx5_flow_convert_rss_conf(parser, rss->rss_conf)) {
                                rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
                                                   RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
                                                   actions,
@@ -804,8 +804,6 @@ exit_action_not_supported:
 /**
  * Validate items.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param[in] items
  *   Pattern specification (list terminated by the END pattern item).
  * @param[out] error
@@ -817,26 +815,20 @@ exit_action_not_supported:
  *   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[],
+mlx5_flow_convert_items_validate(const struct rte_flow_item items[],
                                 struct rte_flow_error *error,
                                 struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
 {
        const struct mlx5_flow_items *cur_item = mlx5_flow_items;
        unsigned int i;
+       int ret = 0;
 
-       (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 (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;
@@ -849,13 +841,15 @@ priv_flow_convert_items_validate(struct priv *priv,
                                break;
                        }
                }
-               if (!token)
+               if (!token) {
+                       ret = -ENOTSUP;
                        goto exit_item_not_supported;
+               }
                cur_item = token;
-               err = mlx5_flow_item_validate(items,
+               ret = mlx5_flow_item_validate(items,
                                              (const uint8_t *)cur_item->mask,
                                              cur_item->mask_sz);
-               if (err)
+               if (ret)
                        goto exit_item_not_supported;
                if (items->type == RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN) {
                        if (parser->inner) {
@@ -869,82 +863,106 @@ priv_flow_convert_items_validate(struct priv *priv,
                        parser->inner = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_INNER;
                }
                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->drop) {
+               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].offset +=
+                       sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop);
+       }
        if (parser->mark) {
                for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i)
                        parser->queue[i].offset +=
                                sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_tag);
        }
        if (parser->count) {
+#ifdef HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_COUNTERS_SET_SUPPORT
                unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_counter_action);
 
-               if (parser->drop) {
-                       parser->drop_q.offset += size;
-               } else {
-                       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i)
-                               parser->queue[i].offset += size;
-               }
+               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i)
+                       parser->queue[i].offset += size;
+#else
+               rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION,
+                                  items,
+                                  "Count action supported only on "
+                                  "MLNX_OFED_4.2 and above");
+#endif
        }
        return 0;
 exit_item_not_supported:
-       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
-                          items, "item not supported");
-       return -rte_errno;
+       return rte_flow_error_set(error, -ret, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                 items, "item not supported");
 }
 
 /**
  * Allocate memory space to store verbs flow attributes.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- * @param[in] priority
- *   Flow priority.
  * @param[in] size
  *   Amount of byte to allocate.
  * @param[out] error
  *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
  *
  * @return
- *   A verbs flow attribute on success, NULL otherwise.
+ *   A verbs flow attribute on success, NULL otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
-static struct ibv_flow_attr*
-priv_flow_convert_allocate(struct priv *priv,
-                          unsigned int priority,
-                          unsigned int size,
-                          struct rte_flow_error *error)
+static struct ibv_flow_attr *
+mlx5_flow_convert_allocate(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.");
+                                  "cannot allocate verbs spec attributes");
                return NULL;
        }
-       ibv_attr->priority = priority;
        return ibv_attr;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Make inner packet matching with an higher priority from the non Inner
+ * matching.
+ *
+ * @param[in, out] parser
+ *   Internal parser structure.
+ * @param attr
+ *   User flow attribute.
+ */
+static void
+mlx5_flow_update_priority(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
+                         const struct rte_flow_attr *attr)
+{
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       if (parser->drop) {
+               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr->priority =
+                       attr->priority +
+                       hash_rxq_init[HASH_RXQ_ETH].flow_priority;
+               return;
+       }
+       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
+               if (parser->queue[i].ibv_attr) {
+                       parser->queue[i].ibv_attr->priority =
+                               attr->priority +
+                               hash_rxq_init[i].flow_priority -
+                               (parser->inner ? 1 : 0);
+               }
+       }
+}
+
 /**
  * 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)
+mlx5_flow_convert_finalise(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
 {
        const unsigned int ipv4 =
                hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].ip_version == MLX5_IPV4;
@@ -955,7 +973,16 @@ priv_flow_convert_finalise(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
        const enum hash_rxq_type ip = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
        unsigned int i;
 
-       (void)priv;
+       /* Remove any other flow not matching the pattern. */
+       if (parser->queues_n == 1 && !parser->rss_conf.rss_hf) {
+               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
+                       if (i == HASH_RXQ_ETH)
+                               continue;
+                       rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
+                       parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
+               }
+               return;
+       }
        if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_ETH) {
                goto fill;
        } else {
@@ -1054,8 +1081,8 @@ fill:
 /**
  * Validate and convert a flow supported by the NIC.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param[in] attr
  *   Flow rule attributes.
  * @param[in] pattern
@@ -1071,7 +1098,7 @@ fill:
  *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
+mlx5_flow_convert(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                  const struct rte_flow_attr *attr,
                  const struct rte_flow_item items[],
                  const struct rte_flow_action actions[],
@@ -1088,46 +1115,31 @@ priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
                .layer = HASH_RXQ_ETH,
                .mark_id = MLX5_FLOW_MARK_DEFAULT,
        };
-       ret = priv_flow_convert_attributes(priv, attr, error, parser);
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert_attributes(attr, error);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
-       ret = priv_flow_convert_actions(priv, actions, error, parser);
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert_actions(dev, actions, error, parser);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
-       ret = priv_flow_convert_items_validate(priv, items, error, parser);
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert_items_validate(items, error, parser);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
-       priv_flow_convert_finalise(priv, parser);
+       mlx5_flow_convert_finalise(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);
+                       mlx5_flow_convert_allocate(offset, error);
                if (!parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr)
-                       return ENOMEM;
+                       goto exit_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 &
@@ -1136,8 +1148,7 @@ priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
                                continue;
                        offset = parser->queue[i].offset;
                        parser->queue[i].ibv_attr =
-                               priv_flow_convert_allocate(priv, priority,
-                                                          offset, error);
+                               mlx5_flow_convert_allocate(offset, error);
                        if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
                                goto exit_enomem;
                        parser->queue[i].offset = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr);
@@ -1146,6 +1157,11 @@ priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
        /* Third step. Conversion parse, fill the specifications. */
        parser->inner = 0;
        for (; items->type != RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END; ++items) {
+               struct mlx5_flow_data data = {
+                       .parser = parser,
+                       .error = error,
+               };
+
                if (items->type == RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VOID)
                        continue;
                cur_item = &mlx5_flow_items[items->type];
@@ -1153,18 +1169,14 @@ priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
                                        (cur_item->default_mask ?
                                         cur_item->default_mask :
                                         cur_item->mask),
-                                       parser);
-               if (ret) {
-                       rte_flow_error_set(error, ret,
-                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
-                                          items, "item not supported");
+                                        &data);
+               if (ret)
                        goto exit_free;
-               }
        }
        if (parser->mark)
                mlx5_flow_create_flag_mark(parser, parser->mark_id);
        if (parser->count && parser->create) {
-               mlx5_flow_create_count(priv, parser);
+               mlx5_flow_create_count(dev, parser);
                if (!parser->cs)
                        goto exit_count_error;
        }
@@ -1172,33 +1184,12 @@ priv_flow_convert(struct priv *priv,
         * Last step. Complete missing specification to reach the RSS
         * configuration.
         */
-       if (parser->drop) {
-               /*
-                * Drop queue priority needs to be adjusted to
-                * their most specific layer priority.
-                */
-               parser->drop_q.ibv_attr->priority =
-                       attr->priority +
-                       hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].flow_priority;
-       } else if (parser->queues_n > 1) {
-               priv_flow_convert_finalise(priv, parser);
-       } else {
-               /*
-                * Action queue have their priority overridden with
-                * Ethernet priority, this priority needs to be adjusted to
-                * their most specific layer priority.
-                */
-               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr->priority =
-                       attr->priority +
-                       hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].flow_priority;
-       }
+       if (!parser->drop)
+               mlx5_flow_convert_finalise(parser);
+       mlx5_flow_update_priority(parser, attr);
 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);
@@ -1214,13 +1205,13 @@ exit_enomem:
                        parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
                }
        }
-       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOTSUP, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-                          NULL, "cannot allocate verbs spec attributes.");
-       return ret;
+       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                          NULL, "cannot allocate verbs spec attributes");
+       return -rte_errno;
 exit_count_error:
        rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-                          NULL, "cannot create counter.");
-       return rte_errno;
+                          NULL, "cannot create counter");
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1240,14 +1231,6 @@ mlx5_flow_create_copy(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, void *src,
        unsigned int i;
        void *dst;
 
-       if (parser->drop) {
-               dst = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->drop_q.ibv_attr +
-                               parser->drop_q.offset);
-               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;
@@ -1274,15 +1257,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_copy(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, void *src,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                     const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data)
+                    struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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;
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        const unsigned int eth_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_eth eth = {
                .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ETH,
@@ -1323,15 +1309,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_eth(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                      const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data)
+                     struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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 mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        struct ibv_flow_spec_eth *eth;
        const unsigned int eth_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_eth);
 
@@ -1340,14 +1329,6 @@ mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                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;
@@ -1357,9 +1338,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                        eth->val.vlan_tag = spec->tci;
                        eth->mask.vlan_tag = mask->tci;
                        eth->val.vlan_tag &= eth->mask.vlan_tag;
+                       /*
+                        * From verbs perspective an empty VLAN is equivalent
+                        * to a packet without VLAN layer.
+                        */
+                       if (!eth->mask.vlan_tag)
+                               goto error;
                }
+               return 0;
        }
-       return 0;
+error:
+       return rte_flow_error_set(data->error, EINVAL, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                 item, "VLAN cannot be empty");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1371,15 +1361,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_vlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                      const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data)
+                     struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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;
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        unsigned int ipv4_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv4_ext ipv4 = {
                .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV4_EXT,
@@ -1423,15 +1416,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                      const void *default_mask,
-                     void *data)
+                     struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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;
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        unsigned int ipv6_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_ipv6 ipv6 = {
                .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV6,
@@ -1443,6 +1439,8 @@ mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                parser->layer = HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
        if (spec) {
                unsigned int i;
+               uint32_t vtc_flow_val;
+               uint32_t vtc_flow_mask;
 
                if (!mask)
                        mask = default_mask;
@@ -1454,7 +1452,20 @@ 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. */
@@ -1463,6 +1474,7 @@ 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;
        }
@@ -1479,15 +1491,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                     const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data)
+                    struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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;
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        unsigned int udp_size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_tcp_udp udp = {
                .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_UDP,
@@ -1525,15 +1540,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_udp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_tcp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                     const void *default_mask,
-                    void *data)
+                    struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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;
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        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,
@@ -1571,15 +1589,18 @@ mlx5_flow_create_tcp(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Default bit-masks to use when item->mask is not provided.
  * @param data[in, out]
  *   User structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx5_flow_create_vxlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
                       const void *default_mask,
-                      void *data)
+                      struct mlx5_flow_data *data)
 {
        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;
+       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser = data->parser;
        unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_tunnel);
        struct ibv_flow_spec_tunnel vxlan = {
                .type = parser->inner | IBV_FLOW_SPEC_VXLAN_TUNNEL,
@@ -1611,7 +1632,10 @@ mlx5_flow_create_vxlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
         * To avoid such situation, VNI 0 is currently refused.
         */
        if (!vxlan.val.tunnel_id)
-               return EINVAL;
+               return rte_flow_error_set(data->error, EINVAL,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,
+                                         item,
+                                         "VxLAN vni cannot be 0");
        mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &vxlan, size);
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1623,6 +1647,9 @@ mlx5_flow_create_vxlan(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
  *   Internal parser structure.
  * @param mark_id
  *   Mark identifier.
+ *
+ * @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)
@@ -1642,19 +1669,20 @@ mlx5_flow_create_flag_mark(struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser, uint32_t mark_id)
 /**
  * Convert count action to Verbs specification.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param parser
  *   Pointer to MLX5 flow parser structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-mlx5_flow_create_count(struct priv *priv __rte_unused,
+mlx5_flow_create_count(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
                       struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser __rte_unused)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_COUNTERS_SET_SUPPORT
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        unsigned int size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_counter_action);
        struct ibv_counter_set_init_attr init_attr = {0};
        struct ibv_flow_spec_counter_action counter = {
@@ -1665,8 +1693,10 @@ mlx5_flow_create_count(struct priv *priv __rte_unused,
 
        init_attr.counter_set_id = 0;
        parser->cs = ibv_create_counter_set(priv->ctx, &init_attr);
-       if (!parser->cs)
-               return EINVAL;
+       if (!parser->cs) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        counter.counter_set_handle = parser->cs->handle;
        mlx5_flow_create_copy(parser, &counter, size);
 #endif
@@ -1676,8 +1706,8 @@ mlx5_flow_create_count(struct priv *priv __rte_unused,
 /**
  * Complete flow rule creation with a drop queue.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param parser
  *   Internal parser structure.
  * @param flow
@@ -1686,67 +1716,68 @@ mlx5_flow_create_count(struct priv *priv __rte_unused,
  *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_flow_create_action_queue_drop(struct priv *priv,
+mlx5_flow_create_action_queue_drop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                                   struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
                                   struct rte_flow *flow,
                                   struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        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 = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr +
+                       parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].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;
-       flow->drxq.ibv_attr = parser->drop_q.ibv_attr;
+       ++parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr->num_of_specs;
+       parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].offset += size;
+       flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr =
+               parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr;
        if (parser->count)
                flow->cs = parser->cs;
-       if (!priv->dev->data->dev_started)
+       if (!dev->data->dev_started)
                return 0;
-       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) {
+       parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr = NULL;
+       flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow =
+               ibv_create_flow(priv->flow_drop_queue->qp,
+                               flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
+       if (!flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].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->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow) {
+               claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow));
+               flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow = NULL;
        }
-       if (flow->drxq.ibv_attr) {
-               rte_free(flow->drxq.ibv_attr);
-               flow->drxq.ibv_attr = NULL;
+       if (flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr) {
+               rte_free(flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
+               flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr = NULL;
        }
        if (flow->cs) {
                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_counter_set(flow->cs));
                flow->cs = NULL;
                parser->cs = NULL;
        }
-       return err;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
  * Create hash Rx queues when RSS is enabled.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param parser
  *   Internal parser structure.
  * @param flow
@@ -1755,10 +1786,10 @@ error:
  *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
  *
  * @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_rss(struct priv *priv,
+mlx5_flow_create_action_queue_rss(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                                  struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
                                  struct rte_flow *flow,
                                  struct rte_flow_error *error)
@@ -1773,29 +1804,29 @@ priv_flow_create_action_queue_rss(struct priv *priv,
                flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr = parser->queue[i].ibv_attr;
                parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
                hash_fields = hash_rxq_init[i].hash_fields;
-               if (!priv->dev->data->dev_started)
+               if (!dev->data->dev_started)
                        continue;
                flow->frxq[i].hrxq =
-                       mlx5_priv_hrxq_get(priv,
-                                          parser->rss_conf.rss_key,
-                                          parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
-                                          hash_fields,
-                                          parser->queues,
-                                          parser->queues_n);
+                       mlx5_hrxq_get(dev,
+                                     parser->rss_conf.rss_key,
+                                     parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
+                                     hash_fields,
+                                     parser->queues,
+                                     parser->queues_n);
                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,
-                                          parser->queues_n);
+                       mlx5_hrxq_new(dev,
+                                     parser->rss_conf.rss_key,
+                                     parser->rss_conf.rss_key_len,
+                                     hash_fields,
+                                     parser->queues,
+                                     parser->queues_n);
                if (!flow->frxq[i].hrxq) {
-                       rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM,
-                                          RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
-                                          NULL, "cannot create hash rxq");
-                       return ENOMEM;
+                       return rte_flow_error_set(error, ENOMEM,
+                                                 RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
+                                                 NULL,
+                                                 "cannot create hash rxq");
                }
        }
        return 0;
@@ -1804,8 +1835,8 @@ priv_flow_create_action_queue_rss(struct priv *priv,
 /**
  * Complete flow rule creation.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param parser
  *   Internal parser structure.
  * @param flow
@@ -1814,26 +1845,28 @@ priv_flow_create_action_queue_rss(struct priv *priv,
  *   Perform verbose error reporting if not NULL.
  *
  * @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,
+mlx5_flow_create_action_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                              struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser,
                              struct rte_flow *flow,
                              struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       int err = 0;
+       struct priv *priv __rte_unused = dev->data->dev_private;
+       int ret;
        unsigned int i;
+       unsigned int flows_n = 0;
 
        assert(priv->pd);
        assert(priv->ctx);
        assert(!parser->drop);
-       err = priv_flow_create_action_queue_rss(priv, parser, flow, error);
-       if (err)
+       ret = mlx5_flow_create_action_queue_rss(dev, parser, flow, error);
+       if (ret)
                goto error;
        if (parser->count)
                flow->cs = parser->cs;
-       if (!priv->dev->data->dev_started)
+       if (!dev->data->dev_started)
                return 0;
        for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
                if (!flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
@@ -1845,13 +1878,19 @@ priv_flow_create_action_queue(struct priv *priv,
                        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);
+               ++flows_n;
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u %p type %d QP %p ibv_flow %p",
+                       dev->data->port_id,
+                       (void *)flow, i,
+                       (void *)flow->frxq[i].hrxq,
+                       (void *)flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow);
+       }
+       if (!flows_n) {
+               rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_HANDLE,
+                                  NULL, "internal error in flow creation");
+               goto error;
        }
        for (i = 0; i != parser->queues_n; ++i) {
                struct mlx5_rxq_data *q =
@@ -1861,6 +1900,7 @@ priv_flow_create_action_queue(struct priv *priv,
        }
        return 0;
 error:
+       ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
        assert(flow);
        for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
                if (flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow) {
@@ -1869,7 +1909,7 @@ error:
                        claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(ibv_flow));
                }
                if (flow->frxq[i].hrxq)
-                       mlx5_priv_hrxq_release(priv, flow->frxq[i].hrxq);
+                       mlx5_hrxq_release(dev, flow->frxq[i].hrxq);
                if (flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr)
                        rte_free(flow->frxq[i].ibv_attr);
        }
@@ -1878,14 +1918,15 @@ error:
                flow->cs = NULL;
                parser->cs = NULL;
        }
-       return err;
+       rte_errno = ret; /* Restore rte_errno. */
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
  * Convert a flow.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param list
  *   Pointer to a TAILQ flow list.
  * @param[in] attr
@@ -1898,23 +1939,23 @@ 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;
+       int ret;
 
-       err = priv_flow_convert(priv, attr, items, actions, error, &parser);
-       if (err)
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert(dev, attr, items, actions, error, &parser);
+       if (ret)
                goto exit;
        flow = rte_calloc(__func__, 1,
                          sizeof(*flow) + parser.queues_n * sizeof(uint16_t),
@@ -1937,23 +1978,20 @@ priv_flow_create(struct priv *priv,
        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,
+               ret = mlx5_flow_create_action_queue_drop(dev, &parser, flow,
                                                         error);
        else
-               err = priv_flow_create_action_queue(priv, &parser, flow, error);
-       if (err)
+               ret = mlx5_flow_create_action_queue(dev, &parser, flow, error);
+       if (ret)
                goto exit;
        TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(list, flow, next);
-       DEBUG("Flow created %p", (void *)flow);
+       DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow created %p", dev->data->port_id,
+               (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);
-               }
+       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;
@@ -1972,14 +2010,9 @@ mlx5_flow_validate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                   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;
+       return mlx5_flow_convert(dev, attr, items, actions, error, &parser);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1996,30 +2029,26 @@ mlx5_flow_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                 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, &priv->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)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        unsigned int i;
 
        if (flow->drop || !flow->mark)
@@ -2055,9 +2084,10 @@ priv_flow_destroy(struct priv *priv,
        }
 free:
        if (flow->drop) {
-               if (flow->drxq.ibv_flow)
-                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->drxq.ibv_flow));
-               rte_free(flow->drxq.ibv_attr);
+               if (flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow)
+                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow
+                                  (flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow));
+               rte_free(flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
        } else {
                for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
                        struct mlx5_flow *frxq = &flow->frxq[i];
@@ -2065,7 +2095,7 @@ free:
                        if (frxq->ibv_flow)
                                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(frxq->ibv_flow));
                        if (frxq->hrxq)
-                               mlx5_priv_hrxq_release(priv, frxq->hrxq);
+                               mlx5_hrxq_release(dev, frxq->hrxq);
                        if (frxq->ibv_attr)
                                rte_free(frxq->ibv_attr);
                }
@@ -2075,53 +2105,60 @@ free:
                flow->cs = NULL;
        }
        TAILQ_REMOVE(list, flow, next);
-       DEBUG("Flow destroyed %p", (void *)flow);
+       DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow destroyed %p", dev->data->port_id,
+               (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);
+               mlx5_flow_list_destroy(dev, list, flow);
        }
 }
 
 /**
  * Create drop queue.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
-priv_flow_create_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
+mlx5_flow_create_drop_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        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;
+               DRV_LOG(WARNING,
+                       "port %u cannot allocate memory for drop queue",
+                       dev->data->port_id);
+               rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        fdq->cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, 1, NULL, NULL, 0);
        if (!fdq->cq) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate CQ for drop queue");
+               DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u cannot allocate CQ for drop queue",
+                       dev->data->port_id);
+               rte_errno = errno;
                goto error;
        }
        fdq->wq = ibv_create_wq(priv->ctx,
@@ -2133,7 +2170,9 @@ priv_flow_create_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
                        .cq = fdq->cq,
                        });
        if (!fdq->wq) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate WQ for drop queue");
+               DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u cannot allocate WQ for drop queue",
+                       dev->data->port_id);
+               rte_errno = errno;
                goto error;
        }
        fdq->ind_table = ibv_create_rwq_ind_table(priv->ctx,
@@ -2143,7 +2182,11 @@ priv_flow_create_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
                        .comp_mask = 0,
                        });
        if (!fdq->ind_table) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate indirection table for drop queue");
+               DRV_LOG(WARNING,
+                       "port %u cannot allocate indirection table for drop"
+                       " queue",
+                       dev->data->port_id);
+               rte_errno = errno;
                goto error;
        }
        fdq->qp = ibv_create_qp_ex(priv->ctx,
@@ -2164,7 +2207,9 @@ priv_flow_create_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
                        .pd = priv->pd
                });
        if (!fdq->qp) {
-               WARN("cannot allocate QP for drop queue");
+               DRV_LOG(WARNING, "port %u cannot allocate QP for drop queue",
+                       dev->data->port_id);
+               rte_errno = errno;
                goto error;
        }
        priv->flow_drop_queue = fdq;
@@ -2181,18 +2226,19 @@ error:
        if (fdq)
                rte_free(fdq);
        priv->flow_drop_queue = NULL;
-       return -1;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
  * Delete drop queue.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  */
 void
-priv_flow_delete_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
+mlx5_flow_delete_drop_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        struct mlx5_hrxq_drop *fdq = priv->flow_drop_queue;
 
        if (!fdq)
@@ -2212,35 +2258,48 @@ priv_flow_delete_drop_queue(struct priv *priv)
 /**
  * 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 priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        struct rte_flow *flow;
 
        TAILQ_FOREACH_REVERSE(flow, list, mlx5_flows, next) {
                unsigned int i;
+               struct mlx5_ind_table_ibv *ind_tbl = NULL;
 
                if (flow->drop) {
-                       if (!flow->drxq.ibv_flow)
+                       if (!flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow)
                                continue;
-                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->drxq.ibv_flow));
-                       flow->drxq.ibv_flow = NULL;
+                       claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow
+                                  (flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow));
+                       flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow = NULL;
+                       DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow %p removed",
+                               dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                        /* Next flow. */
                        continue;
                }
+               /* Verify the flow has not already been cleaned. */
+               for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
+                       if (!flow->frxq[i].ibv_flow)
+                               continue;
+                       /*
+                        * Indirection table may be necessary to remove the
+                        * flags in the Rx queues.
+                        * This helps to speed-up the process by avoiding
+                        * another loop.
+                        */
+                       ind_tbl = flow->frxq[i].hrxq->ind_table;
+                       break;
+               }
+               if (i == hash_rxq_init_n)
+                       return;
                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;
@@ -2250,43 +2309,48 @@ priv_flow_stop(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flows *list)
                                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);
+                       mlx5_hrxq_release(dev, flow->frxq[i].hrxq);
                        flow->frxq[i].hrxq = NULL;
                }
-               DEBUG("Flow %p removed", (void *)flow);
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow %p removed", dev->data->port_id,
+                       (void *)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 priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        struct rte_flow *flow;
 
        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);
+                       flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow =
+                               ibv_create_flow
+                               (priv->flow_drop_queue->qp,
+                                flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
+                       if (!flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_flow) {
+                               DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
+                                       "port %u flow %p cannot be applied",
+                                       dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                                rte_errno = EINVAL;
-                               return rte_errno;
+                               return -rte_errno;
                        }
-                       DEBUG("Flow %p applied", (void *)flow);
+                       DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow %p applied",
+                               dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                        /* Next flow. */
                        continue;
                }
@@ -2294,36 +2358,39 @@ priv_flow_start(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flows *list)
                        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);
+                               mlx5_hrxq_get(dev, 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);
+                               mlx5_hrxq_new(dev, 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);
+                               DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
+                                       "port %u flow %p cannot be applied",
+                                       dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                                rte_errno = EINVAL;
-                               return rte_errno;
+                               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);
+                               DRV_LOG(DEBUG,
+                                       "port %u flow %p cannot be applied",
+                                       dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                                rte_errno = EINVAL;
-                               return rte_errno;
+                               return -rte_errno;
                        }
-                       DEBUG("Flow %p applied", (void *)flow);
+                       DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u flow %p applied",
+                               dev->data->port_id, (void *)flow);
                }
                if (!flow->mark)
                        continue;
@@ -2336,20 +2403,21 @@ flow_create:
 /**
  * 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;
@@ -2370,7 +2438,7 @@ 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,
@@ -2422,17 +2490,19 @@ mlx5_ctrl_flow_vlan(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                } 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);
+       flow = mlx5_flow_list_create(dev, &priv->ctrl_flows, &attr, items,
+                                    actions, &error);
        if (!flow)
-               return rte_errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2447,7 +2517,7 @@ 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,
@@ -2466,14 +2536,11 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -2485,14 +2552,11 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -2506,10 +2570,10 @@ mlx5_flow_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
  *   returned data from the counter.
  *
  * @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_query_count(struct ibv_counter_set *cs,
+mlx5_flow_query_count(struct ibv_counter_set *cs,
                      struct mlx5_flow_counter_stats *counter_stats,
                      struct rte_flow_query_count *query_count,
                      struct rte_flow_error *error)
@@ -2523,15 +2587,13 @@ priv_flow_query_count(struct ibv_counter_set *cs,
                .out = counters,
                .outlen = 2 * sizeof(uint64_t),
        };
-       int res = ibv_query_counter_set(&query_cs_attr, &query_out);
+       int err = ibv_query_counter_set(&query_cs_attr, &query_out);
 
-       if (res) {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, -res,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "cannot read counter");
-               return -res;
-       }
+       if (err)
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, err,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "cannot read counter");
        query_count->hits_set = 1;
        query_count->bytes_set = 1;
        query_count->hits = counters[0] - counter_stats->hits;
@@ -2550,29 +2612,28 @@ priv_flow_query_count(struct ibv_counter_set *cs,
  * @see rte_flow_ops
  */
 int
-mlx5_flow_query(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+mlx5_flow_query(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
                struct rte_flow *flow,
                enum rte_flow_action_type action __rte_unused,
                void *data,
                struct rte_flow_error *error)
 {
-       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       int res = EINVAL;
-
-       priv_lock(priv);
        if (flow->cs) {
-               res = priv_flow_query_count(flow->cs,
-                                       &flow->counter_stats,
-                                       (struct rte_flow_query_count *)data,
-                                       error);
+               int ret;
+
+               ret = mlx5_flow_query_count(flow->cs,
+                                           &flow->counter_stats,
+                                           (struct rte_flow_query_count *)data,
+                                           error);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
        } else {
-               rte_flow_error_set(error, res,
-                                  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-                                  NULL,
-                                  "no counter found for flow");
+               return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
+                                         RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         "no counter found for flow");
        }
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return -res;
+       return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2589,48 +2650,50 @@ 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;
        if (enable)
-               priv->dev->dev_ops = &mlx5_dev_ops_isolate;
+               dev->dev_ops = &mlx5_dev_ops_isolate;
        else
-               priv->dev->dev_ops = &mlx5_dev_ops;
-       priv_unlock(priv);
+               dev->dev_ops = &mlx5_dev_ops;
        return 0;
 }
 
 /**
  * Convert a flow director filter to a generic flow.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param fdir_filter
  *   Flow director filter to add.
  * @param attributes
  *   Generic flow parameters structure.
  *
  * @return
- *  0 on success, errno value on error.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_fdir_filter_convert(struct priv *priv,
+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) {
-               ERROR("invalid queue number %d", fdir_filter->action.rx_queue);
-               return EINVAL;
+               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) {
@@ -2651,134 +2714,140 @@ priv_fdir_filter_convert(struct priv *priv,
                };
                break;
        default:
-               ERROR("invalid behavior %d", fdir_filter->action.behavior);
-               return ENOTSUP;
+               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.udp4_flow.ip.src_ip,
-                       .dst_addr = input->flow.udp4_flow.ip.dst_ip,
-                       .time_to_live = input->flow.udp4_flow.ip.ttl,
-                       .type_of_service = input->flow.udp4_flow.ip.tos,
-                       .next_proto_id = input->flow.udp4_flow.ip.proto,
+                       .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->l4.udp.hdr = (struct udp_hdr){
-                       .src_port = input->flow.udp4_flow.src_port,
-                       .dst_port = input->flow.udp4_flow.dst_port,
+               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->l3.ipv4.hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr){
-                       .src_addr = input->flow.tcp4_flow.ip.src_ip,
-                       .dst_addr = input->flow.tcp4_flow.ip.dst_ip,
-                       .time_to_live = input->flow.tcp4_flow.ip.ttl,
-                       .type_of_service = input->flow.tcp4_flow.ip.tos,
-                       .next_proto_id = input->flow.tcp4_flow.ip.proto,
-               };
                attributes->l4.tcp.hdr = (struct tcp_hdr){
                        .src_port = input->flow.tcp4_flow.src_port,
                        .dst_port = input->flow.tcp4_flow.dst_port,
                };
-               attributes->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
-                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
-                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
+               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,
-               };
-               break;
-       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->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
-                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
-                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
+                       .mask = &attributes->l4_mask,
                };
                break;
        case RTE_ETH_FLOW_NONFRAG_IPV6_UDP:
-               attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr){
-                       .hop_limits = input->flow.udp6_flow.ip.hop_limits,
-                       .proto = input->flow.udp6_flow.ip.proto,
-               };
-               memcpy(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr,
-                      input->flow.udp6_flow.ip.src_ip,
-                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
-               memcpy(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.dst_addr,
-                      input->flow.udp6_flow.ip.dst_ip,
-                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
                attributes->l4.udp.hdr = (struct udp_hdr){
                        .src_port = input->flow.udp6_flow.src_port,
                        .dst_port = input->flow.udp6_flow.dst_port,
                };
-               attributes->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
-                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6,
-                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
+               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->l3.ipv6.hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr){
-                       .hop_limits = input->flow.tcp6_flow.ip.hop_limits,
-                       .proto = input->flow.tcp6_flow.ip.proto,
-               };
-               memcpy(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr,
-                      input->flow.tcp6_flow.ip.src_ip,
-                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
-               memcpy(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.dst_addr,
-                      input->flow.tcp6_flow.ip.dst_ip,
-                      RTE_DIM(attributes->l3.ipv6.hdr.src_addr));
                attributes->l4.tcp.hdr = (struct tcp_hdr){
                        .src_port = input->flow.tcp6_flow.src_port,
                        .dst_port = input->flow.tcp6_flow.dst_port,
                };
-               attributes->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
-                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6,
-                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
+               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:
-               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));
-               attributes->items[1] = (struct rte_flow_item){
-                       .type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6,
-                       .spec = &attributes->l3,
-               };
                break;
        default:
-               ERROR("invalid flow type%d",
-                     fdir_filter->input.flow_type);
-               return ENOTSUP;
+               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;
 }
@@ -2786,18 +2855,19 @@ priv_fdir_filter_convert(struct priv *priv,
 /**
  * Add new flow director filter and store it in list.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param fdir_filter
  *   Flow director filter to add.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_fdir_filter_add(struct priv *priv,
+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 = {
@@ -2813,41 +2883,40 @@ priv_fdir_filter_add(struct priv *priv,
        struct rte_flow *flow;
        int ret;
 
-       ret = priv_fdir_filter_convert(priv, fdir_filter, &attributes);
+       ret = mlx5_fdir_filter_convert(dev, fdir_filter, &attributes);
        if (ret)
-               return -ret;
-       ret = priv_flow_convert(priv, &attributes.attr, attributes.items,
+               return ret;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert(dev, &attributes.attr, attributes.items,
                                attributes.actions, &error, &parser);
        if (ret)
-               return -ret;
-       flow = priv_flow_create(priv,
-                               &priv->flows,
-                               &attributes.attr,
-                               attributes.items,
-                               attributes.actions,
-                               &error);
+               return ret;
+       flow = mlx5_flow_list_create(dev, &priv->flows, &attributes.attr,
+                                    attributes.items, attributes.actions,
+                                    &error);
        if (flow) {
-               DEBUG("FDIR created %p", (void *)flow);
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u FDIR created %p", dev->data->port_id,
+                       (void *)flow);
                return 0;
        }
-       return ENOTSUP;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
  * Delete specific filter.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param fdir_filter
  *   Filter to be deleted.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_fdir_filter_delete(struct priv *priv,
+mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(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,
        };
@@ -2860,10 +2929,10 @@ priv_fdir_filter_delete(struct priv *priv,
        unsigned int i;
        int ret;
 
-       ret = priv_fdir_filter_convert(priv, fdir_filter, &attributes);
+       ret = mlx5_fdir_filter_convert(dev, fdir_filter, &attributes);
        if (ret)
-               return -ret;
-       ret = priv_flow_convert(priv, &attributes.attr, attributes.items,
+               return ret;
+       ret = mlx5_flow_convert(dev, &attributes.attr, attributes.items,
                                attributes.actions, &error, &parser);
        if (ret)
                goto exit;
@@ -2875,13 +2944,13 @@ priv_fdir_filter_delete(struct priv *priv,
        if (parser.drop) {
                struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop *drop;
 
-               drop = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser.drop_q.ibv_attr +
-                               parser.drop_q.offset);
+               drop = (void *)((uintptr_t)parser.queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr +
+                               parser.queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].offset);
                *drop = (struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop){
                        .type = IBV_FLOW_SPEC_ACTION_DROP,
                        .size = sizeof(struct ibv_flow_spec_action_drop),
                };
-               parser.drop_q.ibv_attr->num_of_specs++;
+               parser.queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr->num_of_specs++;
        }
        TAILQ_FOREACH(flow, &priv->flows, next) {
                struct ibv_flow_attr *attr;
@@ -2891,17 +2960,25 @@ priv_fdir_filter_delete(struct priv *priv,
                struct ibv_spec_header *flow_h;
                void *flow_spec;
                unsigned int specs_n;
+               unsigned int queue_id;
 
-               if (parser.drop)
-                       attr = parser.drop_q.ibv_attr;
-               else
-                       attr = parser.queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr;
-               if (flow->drop)
-                       flow_attr = flow->drxq.ibv_attr;
-               else
-                       flow_attr = flow->frxq[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr;
+               /*
+                * Search for a non-empty ibv_attr. There should be only one
+                * because no RSS action is allowed for FDIR. This should have
+                * been referenced directly by parser.layer but due to a bug in
+                * mlx5_flow_convert() as of v17.11.4, parser.layer isn't
+                * correct. This bug will have to be addressed later.
+                */
+               for (queue_id = 0; queue_id != hash_rxq_init_n; ++queue_id) {
+                       attr = parser.queue[queue_id].ibv_attr;
+                       if (attr)
+                               break;
+               }
+               assert(!parser.drop || queue_id == HASH_RXQ_ETH);
+               flow_attr = flow->frxq[queue_id].ibv_attr;
                /* Compare first the attributes. */
-               if (memcmp(attr, flow_attr, sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr)))
+               if (!flow_attr ||
+                   memcmp(attr, flow_attr, sizeof(struct ibv_flow_attr)))
                        continue;
                if (attr->num_of_specs == 0)
                        continue;
@@ -2927,70 +3004,73 @@ wrong_flow:
                continue;
        }
        if (flow)
-               priv_flow_destroy(priv, &priv->flows, flow);
+               mlx5_flow_list_destroy(dev, &priv->flows, 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);
-               }
+       if (ret)
+               ret = rte_errno; /* Save rte_errno before cleanup. */
+       for (i = 0; i != hash_rxq_init_n; ++i) {
+               if (parser.queue[i].ibv_attr)
+                       rte_free(parser.queue[i].ibv_attr);
        }
-       return -ret;
+       if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret; /* Restore rte_errno. */
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
  * Update queue for specific filter.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param fdir_filter
  *   Filter to be updated.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_fdir_filter_update(struct priv *priv,
+mlx5_fdir_filter_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                        const struct rte_eth_fdir_filter *fdir_filter)
 {
        int ret;
 
-       ret = priv_fdir_filter_delete(priv, fdir_filter);
+       ret = mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(dev, fdir_filter);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
-       ret = priv_fdir_filter_add(priv, fdir_filter);
-       return ret;
+       return mlx5_fdir_filter_add(dev, fdir_filter);
 }
 
 /**
  * Flush all filters.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  */
 static void
-priv_fdir_filter_flush(struct priv *priv)
+mlx5_fdir_filter_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
-       priv_flow_flush(priv, &priv->flows);
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+       mlx5_flow_list_flush(dev, &priv->flows);
 }
 
 /**
  * Get flow director information.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param[out] fdir_info
  *   Resulting flow director information.
  */
 static void
-priv_fdir_info_get(struct priv *priv, struct rte_eth_fdir_info *fdir_info)
+mlx5_fdir_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fdir_info *fdir_info)
 {
        struct rte_eth_fdir_masks *mask =
-               &priv->dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mask;
+               &dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mask;
 
-       fdir_info->mode = priv->dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mode;
+       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;
@@ -3004,54 +3084,52 @@ priv_fdir_info_get(struct priv *priv, struct rte_eth_fdir_info *fdir_info)
 /**
  * Deal with flow director operations.
  *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
  * @param filter_op
  *   Operation to perform.
  * @param arg
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_fdir_ctrl_func(struct priv *priv, enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
+mlx5_fdir_ctrl_func(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
+                   void *arg)
 {
        enum rte_fdir_mode fdir_mode =
-               priv->dev->data->dev_conf.fdir_conf.mode;
-       int ret = 0;
+               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) {
-               ERROR("%p: flow director mode %d not supported",
-                     (void *)priv, fdir_mode);
-               return EINVAL;
+               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:
-               ret = priv_fdir_filter_add(priv, arg);
-               break;
+               return mlx5_fdir_filter_add(dev, arg);
        case RTE_ETH_FILTER_UPDATE:
-               ret = priv_fdir_filter_update(priv, arg);
-               break;
+               return mlx5_fdir_filter_update(dev, arg);
        case RTE_ETH_FILTER_DELETE:
-               ret = priv_fdir_filter_delete(priv, arg);
-               break;
+               return mlx5_fdir_filter_delete(dev, arg);
        case RTE_ETH_FILTER_FLUSH:
-               priv_fdir_filter_flush(priv);
+               mlx5_fdir_filter_flush(dev);
                break;
        case RTE_ETH_FILTER_INFO:
-               priv_fdir_info_get(priv, arg);
+               mlx5_fdir_info_get(dev, arg);
                break;
        default:
-               DEBUG("%p: unknown operation %u", (void *)priv,
-                     filter_op);
-               ret = EINVAL;
-               break;
+               DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "port %u unknown operation %u",
+                       dev->data->port_id, filter_op);
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3067,7 +3145,7 @@ priv_fdir_ctrl_func(struct priv *priv, enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 int
 mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -3075,24 +3153,21 @@ mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
                     void *arg)
 {
-       int ret = EINVAL;
-       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-
        switch (filter_type) {
        case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-               if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-                       return -EINVAL;
+               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:
-               priv_lock(priv);
-               ret = priv_fdir_ctrl_func(priv, filter_op, arg);
-               priv_unlock(priv);
-               break;
+               return mlx5_fdir_ctrl_func(dev, filter_op, arg);
        default:
-               ERROR("%p: filter type (%d) not supported",
-                     (void *)dev, filter_type);
-               break;
+               DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u filter type (%d) not supported",
+                       dev->data->port_id, filter_type);
+               rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
-       return -ret;
+       return 0;
 }