From: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@amd.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <pabeni@redhat.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <edumazet@google.com>,
<davem@davemloft.net>, <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
<Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com>, <Shyam-sundar.S-k@amd.com>,
Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: avoid misleading per-packet error log
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:34:22 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260110170422.3996690-1-Raju.Rangoju@amd.com> (raw)
On the receive path, packet can be damaged because of buffer
overflow in Rx FIFO. Avoid misleading per-packet error log when
packet->errors is set, which could spam logs and confuse users.
Instead, rely on the stats.
Fixes: c5aa9e3b8156 ("amd-xgbe: Initial AMD 10GbE platform driver")
Signed-off-by: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@amd.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-common.h | 3 +++
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c | 5 +++++
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c | 6 +++---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h | 2 ++
5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-common.h
index 62b01de93db4..4a0548e0cbaf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-common.h
@@ -1134,6 +1134,9 @@
#define RX_NORMAL_DESC3_RSV_INDEX 26
#define RX_NORMAL_DESC3_RSV_WIDTH 1
+/* RX normal DESC3 values */
+#define RX_NORMAL_DESC3_ETLT_FIFO_OVERFLOW 0x7
+
#define RX_DESC3_L34T_IPV4_TCP 1
#define RX_DESC3_L34T_IPV4_UDP 2
#define RX_DESC3_L34T_IPV4_ICMP 3
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c
index b646ae575e6a..9cb57e0b26bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-dev.c
@@ -1968,9 +1968,14 @@ static int xgbe_dev_read(struct xgbe_channel *channel)
XGMAC_SET_BITS(packet->attributes, RX_PACKET_ATTRIBUTES,
TNPCSUM_DONE, 0);
pdata->ext_stats.rx_vxlan_csum_errors++;
+ } else if (etlt == RX_NORMAL_DESC3_ETLT_FIFO_OVERFLOW) {
+ XGMAC_SET_BITS(packet->errors, RX_PACKET_ERRORS,
+ OVERRUN, 1);
+ pdata->ext_stats.rx_buffer_overflow++;
} else {
XGMAC_SET_BITS(packet->errors, RX_PACKET_ERRORS,
FRAME, 1);
+ pdata->ext_stats.rx_pkt_errors++;
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
index 3ddd896d6987..132a2e1368ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
@@ -2292,9 +2292,9 @@ static int xgbe_rx_poll(struct xgbe_channel *channel, int budget)
goto read_again;
if (error || packet->errors) {
- if (packet->errors)
- netif_err(pdata, rx_err, netdev,
- "error in received packet\n");
+ /* packet->errors may indicate RX FIFO overflow;
+ * drop without per-packet log
+ */
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
goto next_packet;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
index 0d19b09497a0..c8797a338542 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ static const struct xgbe_stats xgbe_gstring_stats[] = {
XGMAC_MMC_STAT("rx_pause_frames", rxpauseframes),
XGMAC_EXT_STAT("rx_split_header_packets", rx_split_header_packets),
XGMAC_EXT_STAT("rx_buffer_unavailable", rx_buffer_unavailable),
+ XGMAC_EXT_STAT("rx_buffer_overflow", rx_buffer_overflow),
+ XGMAC_EXT_STAT("rx_pkt_errors", rx_pkt_errors),
};
#define XGBE_STATS_COUNT ARRAY_SIZE(xgbe_gstring_stats)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h
index 03ef0f548483..735c757e1603 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ struct xgbe_ext_stats {
u64 rx_vxlan_packets;
u64 rx_csum_errors;
u64 rx_vxlan_csum_errors;
+ u64 rx_buffer_overflow;
+ u64 rx_pkt_errors;
};
struct xgbe_pps_config {
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-10 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-10 17:04 Raju Rangoju [this message]
2026-01-13 3:28 ` [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: avoid misleading per-packet error log Jakub Kicinski
2026-01-14 15:12 ` Rangoju, Raju
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