Re: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Request for stable inclusion

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 06:21:58PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Hi Fabio,
> 
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:51:35AM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am running kernel 6.1 on a system with a mv88e6320 and can easily
> > trigger a flood of "mv88e6085 30be0000.ethernet-1:00: VTU member
> > violation for vid 10, source port 5" messages.
> > 
> > When this happens, the Ethernet audio that passes through the switch
> > causes a loud noise in the speaker.
> > 
> > Backporting the following commits to 6.1 solves the problem:
> > 
> > 4bf24ad09bc0 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: read FID when handling ATU violations")
> > 8646384d80f3 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: replace ATU violation prints with
> > trace points")
> > 9e3d9ae52b56 ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: replace VTU violation prints with
> > trace points")
> > 
> > Please apply them to 6.1-stable tree.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Fabio Estevam
> 
> For my information, is there any relationship between the audio samples
> that (presumably) get packet drops resulting in noise, and the traffic
> getting VTU member violations? In other words, is the audio traffic sent
> using VID 10 on switch port 5?
> 
> I don't quite understand, since VLAN-filtered traffic should be dropped,
> what is the reason why the trace point patches would help. My only
> explanation is that the audio traffic passing through the switch *also*
> passes through the CPU, and the trace points reduce CPU load caused by
> an unrelated (and rogue) traffic stream.
> 
> If this isn't the case, and you see VTU violations as part of normal
> operation, I would say that's a different problem for which we would
> need more details.

Agreed, this sounds like the removal of printk messages is removing the
noise, not the actual fix for the reason the printk messages in the
first place, right?

thanks,

greg k-h