From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: sashiko@lists.linux.dev
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org,
krzk+dt@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 09/12] net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 09:47:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <agGJeIrmDdRmHoAA@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260510140505.2C772C2BCF6@smtp.kernel.org>
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> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] The `GDM_STAG_EN_MASK` configuration is port-global but is modified unconditionally per net_device, leading to silent clobbering when multiple devices share a port.
> - [Medium] The hardware MTU (`REG_GDM_LEN_CFG`) is not recalculated when a device sharing the port is stopped, leaving the MAC configured to accept inappropriately large frames.
> --
>
> commit b896e320dcf0d56db7e0654191126c23e6f485fd
> Author: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared
>
> This commit introduces a users counter to the GDM port structure to allow
> multiple independent net_device instances to share the same hardware port
> without prematurely stopping it. It also conditionally updates the MTU so
> that the largest MTU requested by any sharing device is used.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > index be31f639f4be3..ebb24e60f1de3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > @@ -1733,10 +1733,20 @@ static int airoha_dev_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> > airoha_fe_clear(qdma->eth, REG_GDM_INGRESS_CFG(port->id),
> > GDM_STAG_EN_MASK);
>
> Since GDM_STAG_EN_MASK is a port-global configuration, will this clear the
> flag for the entire port if a secondary non-DSA net_device is brought up?
>
> If the primary master device relies on this hardware tag parsing, it appears
> a secondary device could silently break it by clearing the mask during
> its open routine. Should this configuration be protected or refcounted when
> multiple devices share a port?
This is not a real issue since the hw design supports DSA just on GDM1 where we
can't configure multiple net_devices.
>
> > - 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 (!port->users || len > cur_len) {
> > + /* Opening a sibling net_device with a larger MTU updates the
> > + * MTU of already running devices. This is required to allow
> > + * multiple net_devices wht different MTUs to share the same
> > + * QDMA block.
> > + */
> > + 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));
> > + }
> > + port->users++;
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -1766,8 +1776,10 @@ 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 (!--port->users)
> > + airoha_set_gdm_port_fwd_cfg(qdma->eth,
> > + REG_GDM_FWD_CFG(port->id),
> > + FE_PSE_PORT_DROP);
>
> If multiple devices are sharing the port and the device with the largest MTU
> is stopped, the hardware MTU in REG_GDM_LEN_CFG doesn't appear to be
> recalculated or shrunk.
>
> Since the MTU is only expanded in airoha_dev_open() and airoha_dev_change_mtu(),
> does this leave the MAC configured to accept inappropriately large frames
> for the remaining devices indefinitely?
ack, I will fix it in v6.
Regards,
Lorenzo
>
> --
> Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260509-airoha-eth-multi-serdes-v5-0-805e38edc2aa@kernel.org?part=9
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-09 13:05 [PATCH net-next v5 00/12] net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices connected to the same GDM port Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 01/12] dt-bindings: net: airoha: Add EN7581 ethernet-ports properties Lorenzo Bianconi
[not found] ` <20260510140501.AF190C2BCC9@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-05-11 10:44 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 02/12] net: airoha: Reserve RX headroom to avoid skb reallocation Lorenzo Bianconi
[not found] ` <20260510140502.B244EC4AF0B@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-05-11 8:13 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 03/12] net: airoha: Introduce airoha_gdm_dev struct Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 04/12] net: airoha: Move airoha_qdma pointer in " Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 05/12] net: airoha: Rely on airoha_gdm_dev pointer in airhoa_is_lan_gdm_port() Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 06/12] net: airoha: Move qos_sq_bmap in airoha_gdm_dev struct Lorenzo Bianconi
[not found] ` <20260510140504.5D5A6C2BCC9@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-05-11 8:47 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 07/12] net: airoha: Move {cpu,fwd}_tx_packets " Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 08/12] net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices for a single FE GDM port Lorenzo Bianconi
[not found] ` <20260510140503.958BDC2BCFF@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-05-11 7:54 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 09/12] net: airoha: Do not stop GDM port if it is shared Lorenzo Bianconi
[not found] ` <20260510140505.2C772C2BCF6@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-05-11 7:47 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 10/12] net: airoha: Introduce WAN device flag Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 11/12] net: airoha: Support multiple LAN/WAN interfaces for hw MAC address configuration Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-05-09 13:05 ` [PATCH net-next v5 12/12] net: airoha: Better handle MIB for GDM with multiple port attached Lorenzo Bianconi
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