Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: dsa: tag_brcm: add support for legacy FCS tags

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:31:53 +0200 Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
> +	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_user_to_port(dev);
> +	unsigned int fcs_len;
> +	u32 fcs_val;
> +	u8 *brcm_tag;

nit: please reorder the variable declaration lines longest to shortest

> +	/* The Ethernet switch we are interfaced with needs packets to be at
> +	 * least 64 bytes (including FCS) otherwise they will be discarded when
> +	 * they enter the switch port logic. When Broadcom tags are enabled, we
> +	 * need to make sure that packets are at least 70 bytes
> +	 * (including FCS and tag) because the length verification is done after
> +	 * the Broadcom tag is stripped off the ingress packet.
> +	 *
> +	 * Let dsa_user_xmit() free the SKB
> +	 */
> +	if (__skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN + BRCM_LEG_TAG_LEN, false))
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	fcs_len = skb->len;
> +	fcs_val = cpu_to_le32(crc32(~0, skb->data, fcs_len) ^ ~0);

sparse (C=1 build flag) complains about the loss of type annotation:

net/dsa/tag_brcm.c:327:17: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
net/dsa/tag_brcm.c:327:17:    expected unsigned int [usertype] fcs_val
net/dsa/tag_brcm.c:327:17:    got restricted __le32 [usertype]

> +	skb_push(skb, BRCM_LEG_TAG_LEN);
> +
> +	dsa_alloc_etype_header(skb, BRCM_LEG_TAG_LEN);
> +
> +	brcm_tag = skb->data + 2 * ETH_ALEN;
> +
> +	/* Broadcom tag type */
> +	brcm_tag[0] = BRCM_LEG_TYPE_HI;
> +	brcm_tag[1] = BRCM_LEG_TYPE_LO;
> +
> +	/* Broadcom tag value */
> +	brcm_tag[2] = BRCM_LEG_EGRESS | BRCM_LEG_LEN_HI(fcs_len);
> +	brcm_tag[3] = BRCM_LEG_LEN_LO(fcs_len);
> +	brcm_tag[4] = 0;
> +	brcm_tag[5] = dp->index & BRCM_LEG_PORT_ID;
> +
> +	/* Original FCS value */
> +	if (__skb_pad(skb, ETH_FCS_LEN, false))
> +		return NULL;
> +	skb_put_data(skb, &fcs_val, ETH_FCS_LEN);
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