From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org,
conor+dt@kernel.org, ansuelsmth@gmail.com,
benjamin.larsson@genexis.eu,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, madhur.agrawal@airoha.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 08/10] net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 11:00:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <af73rqYK1xCL-XsK@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260509014613.3558087-1-kuba@kernel.org>
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> This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this
> email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible.
> ---
> net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared
>
> This patch adds a per-port users refcount so the GDM forward configuration
> is only reset to FE_PSE_PORT_DROP when the last netdev attached to the
> shared GDM port stops, and it adjusts the MTU/length register updates to
> cope with the shared case.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > index 0253919714e0..1c4927c1aeb0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > @@ -1714,8 +1714,8 @@ static int airoha_dev_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> > int err, len = ETH_HLEN + netdev->mtu + ETH_FCS_LEN;
> > struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
> > + u32 cur_len, pse_port = FE_PSE_PORT_PPE1;
> > struct airoha_qdma *qdma = dev->qdma;
> > - u32 pse_port = FE_PSE_PORT_PPE1;
> >
> > netif_tx_start_all_queues(netdev);
> > err = airoha_set_vip_for_gdm_port(dev, true);
> > @@ -1729,10 +1729,14 @@ static int airoha_dev_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> > airoha_fe_clear(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_INGRESS_CFG(port->id),
> > GDM_STAG_EN_MASK);
> >
> > - airoha_fe_rmw(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_LEN_CFG(port->id),
> > - GDM_SHORT_LEN_MASK | GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK,
> > - FIELD_PREP(GDM_SHORT_LEN_MASK, 60) |
> > - FIELD_PREP(GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK, len));
> > + cur_len = airoha_fe_get(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_LEN_CFG(port->id),
> > + GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK);
> > + if (!atomic_read(&port->users) || len > cur_len)
> > + airoha_fe_rmw(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_LEN_CFG(port->id),
> > + GDM_SHORT_LEN_MASK | GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK,
> > + FIELD_PREP(GDM_SHORT_LEN_MASK, 60) |
> > + FIELD_PREP(GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK, len));
> > + atomic_inc(&port->users);
>
> [Medium]
> When a second netdev opens with a larger MTU, this unconditionally
> widens GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK for the already-running sibling that has a
> smaller MTU:
>
> if (!atomic_read(&port->users) || len > cur_len)
> airoha_fe_rmw(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_LEN_CFG(port->id),
> GDM_SHORT_LEN_MASK | GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK,
> FIELD_PREP(GDM_SHORT_LEN_MASK, 60) |
> FIELD_PREP(GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK, len));
>
> Meanwhile airoha_dev_change_mtu() rejects shrinks (len < cur_len) with
> -EBUSY when the port is shared. Is this asymmetry intentional?
This is done intentionally since we do not want to break traffic of already
running net_device if we want to increase the MTU on a sibling net_device.
>
> With the new policy the hardware long-length ends up as the maximum of
> the two MTUs, so the smaller-MTU sibling silently accepts frames larger
> than its advertised MTU at the MAC level. Should opens that would
> increase the shared length also be gated (symmetric policy), or should
> the commit message and a comment document the chosen ceiling/floor
> behaviour?
I will add a comment in the code in v5.
>
> >
> > airoha_qdma_set(qdma, REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG,
> > GLOBAL_CFG_TX_DMA_EN_MASK |
> > @@ -1762,8 +1766,12 @@ static int airoha_dev_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
> > for (i = 0; i < netdev->num_tx_queues; i++)
> > netdev_tx_reset_subqueue(netdev, i);
> >
> > - airoha_set_gdm_port_fwd_cfg(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_FWD_CFG(port->id),
> > - FE_PSE_PORT_DROP);
> > + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&port->users)) {
> > + airoha_set_vip_for_gdm_port(dev, false);
> > + airoha_set_gdm_port_fwd_cfg(qdma->eth,
> > + REG_GDM_FWD_CFG(port->id),
> > + FE_PSE_PORT_DROP);
> > + }
>
> [Low]
> Is the airoha_set_vip_for_gdm_port(dev, false) call inside the
> atomic_dec_and_test() block intentional?
>
> Looking at airoha_dev_stop() as a whole, the same call is already made
> unconditionally a few lines above:
>
> netif_tx_disable(netdev);
> airoha_set_vip_for_gdm_port(dev, false);
> for (i = 0; i < netdev->num_tx_queues; i++)
> netdev_tx_reset_subqueue(netdev, i);
>
> if (atomic_dec_and_test(&port->users)) {
> airoha_set_vip_for_gdm_port(dev, false);
> ...
> }
>
> Since get_vip_port() derives the bit mask per-(port, dev->nbq) and
> airoha_fe_clear() of already-cleared bits is a no-op, the second call
> looks like dead code today. The commit log only mentions the
> FE_PSE_PORT_DROP gating, not VIP handling. Should the duplicate be
> dropped in v2?
ack, I will fix in v5.
>
> >
> > if (atomic_dec_and_test(&qdma->users)) {
> > airoha_qdma_clear(qdma, REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG,
> > @@ -1915,10 +1923,22 @@ static void airoha_dev_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
> > static int airoha_dev_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int mtu)
> > {
> > struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > + u32 cur_len, len = ETH_HLEN + mtu + ETH_FCS_LEN;
> > struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
> > - u32 len = ETH_HLEN + mtu + ETH_FCS_LEN;
> > struct airoha_eth *eth = dev->eth;
> >
> > + cur_len = airoha_fe_get(eth, REG_GDM_LEN_CFG(port->id),
> > + GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK);
> > + if (len < cur_len) {
> > + u8 port_refcnt = atomic_read(&port->users);
> > +
> > + /* We can decrease the device MTU just if the GDM port is
> > + * not shared or if the other device is not running.
> > + */
> > + if (port_refcnt > 1 || (port_refcnt && !netif_running(netdev)))
> > + return -EBUSY;
> > + }
> > +
>
> [Low]
> Why is port_refcnt typed as u8 here when atomic_read() returns int?
>
> u8 port_refcnt = atomic_read(&port->users);
>
> With AIROHA_MAX_NUM_GDM_DEVS currently 2 this cannot overflow, but a
> future bump of AIROHA_MAX_NUM_GDM_DEVS, or a refcount leak, that pushed
> port->users to 256 would wrap to 0 and quietly bypass both the
> port_refcnt > 1 and port_refcnt && !netif_running(netdev) checks,
> permitting MTU shrinks that are meant to be rejected. Would using int
> here (the type atomic_read() returns) be preferable?
ack, I will fix in v5.
Regards,
Lorenzo
>
> > airoha_fe_rmw(eth, REG_GDM_LEN_CFG(port->id),
> > GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK,
> > FIELD_PREP(GDM_LONG_LEN_MASK, len));
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-07 21:21 [PATCH net-next v4 00/10] net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices connected to the same GDM port Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 01/10] dt-bindings: net: airoha: Add EN7581 ethernet-ports properties Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 02/10] net: airoha: Introduce airoha_gdm_dev struct Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 03/10] net: airoha: Move airoha_qdma pointer in " Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 1:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-09 6:17 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 04/10] net: airoha: Rely on airoha_gdm_dev pointer in airhoa_is_lan_gdm_port() Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] net: airoha: Move qos_sq_bmap in airoha_qdma struct Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 1:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-09 7:54 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:08 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 06/10] net: airoha: Move {cpu,fwd}_tx_packets " Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 12:14 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 07/10] net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices for a single FE GDM port Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 1:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-09 8:25 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 08/10] net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 1:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-09 9:00 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-05-09 11:58 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 09/10] net: airoha: Introduce WAN device flag Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 1:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-09 9:42 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-07 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v4 10/10] net: airoha: Support multiple LAN/WAN interfaces for hw MAC address configuration Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 1:46 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-09 10:07 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
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