From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/5] net: stmmac: rename "mode" to "descriptor_mode"
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:26:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1w2vbF-0000000DbWQ-4674@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <abruRQpjLyMkoUEP@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
priv->mode doesn't describe what it refers to, it is whether we operate
the DMA descriptors as a ring or chain. It is also difficult to grep for
as there are several "mode" struct members. Add "descriptor_" prefix.
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c | 4 ++--
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h | 5 +++-
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 24 ++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c
index 71dac8c1a3ca..511b0fd5e834 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ static void stmmac_dwmac_mode_quirk(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
if (priv->chain_mode) {
dev_info(priv->device, "Chain mode enabled\n");
- priv->mode = STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE;
+ priv->descriptor_mode = STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE;
mac->mode = &chain_mode_ops;
} else {
dev_info(priv->device, "Ring mode enabled\n");
- priv->mode = STMMAC_RING_MODE;
+ priv->descriptor_mode = STMMAC_RING_MODE;
mac->mode = &ring_mode_ops;
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
index b9d849a3f06e..919a93a52390 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h
@@ -323,7 +323,10 @@ struct stmmac_priv {
bool extend_desc;
/* chain_mode: requested descriptor mode */
bool chain_mode;
- unsigned int mode;
+ /* descriptor_mode: actual descriptor mode,
+ * see STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE or STMMAC_RING_MODE
+ */
+ u8 descriptor_mode;
struct kernel_hwtstamp_config tstamp_config;
struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
struct ptp_clock_info ptp_clock_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 0a933aac3f03..567499e74917 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1589,7 +1589,8 @@ static void stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
for (i = 0; i < dma_conf->dma_rx_size; i++) {
desc = stmmac_get_rx_desc(priv, rx_q, i);
- stmmac_init_rx_desc(priv, desc, priv->use_riwt, priv->mode,
+ stmmac_init_rx_desc(priv, desc, priv->use_riwt,
+ priv->descriptor_mode,
(i == dma_conf->dma_rx_size - 1),
dma_conf->dma_buf_sz);
}
@@ -1616,7 +1617,7 @@ static void stmmac_clear_tx_descriptors(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
struct dma_desc *p;
p = stmmac_get_tx_desc(priv, tx_q, i);
- stmmac_init_tx_desc(priv, p, priv->mode, last);
+ stmmac_init_tx_desc(priv, p, priv->descriptor_mode, last);
}
}
@@ -1925,7 +1926,7 @@ static int __init_dma_rx_desc_rings(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
}
/* Setup the chained descriptor addresses */
- if (priv->mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) {
+ if (priv->descriptor_mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) {
if (priv->extend_desc)
stmmac_mode_init(priv, rx_q->dma_erx,
rx_q->dma_rx_phy,
@@ -2027,7 +2028,7 @@ static int __init_dma_tx_desc_rings(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
(u32)tx_q->dma_tx_phy);
/* Setup the chained descriptor addresses */
- if (priv->mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) {
+ if (priv->descriptor_mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) {
if (priv->extend_desc)
stmmac_mode_init(priv, tx_q->dma_etx,
tx_q->dma_tx_phy,
@@ -2774,7 +2775,7 @@ static bool stmmac_xdp_xmit_zc(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 queue, u32 budget)
}
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, tx_desc, 1, xdp_desc.len,
- csum, priv->mode, true, true,
+ csum, priv->descriptor_mode, true, true,
xdp_desc.len);
stmmac_enable_dma_transmission(priv, priv->ioaddr, queue);
@@ -2948,7 +2949,7 @@ static int stmmac_tx_clean(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int budget, u32 queue,
}
}
- stmmac_release_tx_desc(priv, p, priv->mode);
+ stmmac_release_tx_desc(priv, p, priv->descriptor_mode);
entry = STMMAC_GET_ENTRY(entry, priv->dma_conf.dma_tx_size);
}
@@ -4794,7 +4795,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
/* Prepare the descriptor and set the own bit too */
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, desc, 0, len, csum_insertion,
- priv->mode, 1, last_segment, skb->len);
+ priv->descriptor_mode, 1, last_segment,
+ skb->len);
}
stmmac_set_tx_dma_last_segment(tx_q, entry);
@@ -4890,8 +4892,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t stmmac_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
/* Prepare the first descriptor setting the OWN bit too */
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, first, 1, nopaged_len,
- csum_insertion, priv->mode, 0, last_segment,
- skb->len);
+ csum_insertion, priv->descriptor_mode,
+ 0, last_segment, skb->len);
}
if (tx_q->tbs & STMMAC_TBS_EN) {
@@ -5119,7 +5121,7 @@ static int stmmac_xdp_xmit_xdpf(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int queue,
stmmac_set_desc_addr(priv, tx_desc, dma_addr);
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, tx_desc, 1, xdpf->len,
- csum, priv->mode, true, true,
+ csum, priv->descriptor_mode, true, true,
xdpf->len);
tx_q->tx_count_frames++;
@@ -7432,7 +7434,7 @@ static int stmmac_hw_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
* is not expected to change this.
*/
priv->plat->dma_cfg->atds = priv->extend_desc &&
- priv->mode == STMMAC_RING_MODE;
+ priv->descriptor_mode == STMMAC_RING_MODE;
/* Rx Watchdog is available in the COREs newer than the 3.40.
* In some case, for example on bugged HW this feature
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 18:26 [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: stmmac: descriptor cleanups part 2 Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-18 18:26 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2026-03-18 18:26 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: stmmac: more mode -> descriptor_mode renames Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-18 18:26 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: stmmac: simplify DMA descriptor allocation/init/freeing Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-18 18:26 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: stmmac: use more descriptive names in stmmac_xmit() Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-18 18:26 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: stmmac: rename STMMAC_GET_ENTRY() -> STMMAC_NEXT_ENTRY() Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-20 0:30 ` [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: stmmac: descriptor cleanups part 2 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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