Thread (16 messages) 16 messages, 3 authors, 2026-02-04

Re: [net-next,v22,4/7] net: mtip: Add net_device_ops functions to the L2 switch driver

From: Łukasz Majewski <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-03 10:13:06
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Hi Jakub,
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net: mtip: Add net_device_ops functions to the L2 switch driver

This patch adds net_device_ops callbacks for the MTIP L2 switch
driver, including transmit, multicast configuration, MAC address
handling, and timeout recovery functions.
quoted
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c ---
a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c +++
b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c  
[ ... ]
quoted
+static netdev_tx_t mtip_start_xmit_port(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					struct net_device *dev,
int port) +{
+	struct mtip_ndev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct switch_enet_private *fep = priv->fep;
+	unsigned short status;
+	unsigned int index;
+	struct cbd_t *bdp;
+	void *bufaddr;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&fep->hw_lock);  
[ ... ]
quoted
+	/* Save skb pointer. */
+	fep->tx_skbuff[index] = skb;  
mtip_start_xmit_port() stores sk_buffs in fep->tx_skbuff[index] and
creates DMA mappings, but mtip_switch_tx() which should complete TX
operations is empty:

static void mtip_switch_tx(struct switch_enet_private *fep)
{
}

The NAPI poll handler mtip_rx_napi() calls mtip_switch_tx() to reclaim
transmitted buffers. Since it does nothing, won't every transmitted
packet leak the skb and DMA mapping? Also, dirty_tx is never
advanced, so the TX ring will fill (cur_tx == dirty_tx) and stop
accepting packets.

jakub: maybe add a TODO comment transiently here, since later patch
implements the cleanup?
The mtip_switch_tx() is empty as we have agreed, that I will divide
this driver to several patches to ease the review.

Adding TODO seems to only make AI review happy, as:

- The patch which adds support for FEC_MTIP_L2SW in Kconfig will be
  sent after the driver is accepted to net-next

- Those commits are even now bisectable when FEC_MTIP_L2SW is
  enabled (when I test the setup).

Anyway, if you still would like to have the TODO comment, then please
give me a hint how it shall be written to make the AI happy...



And maybe a few my thoughts:

1. AI review seems to bring each time different issues - even the
"grammatic" ones were not provided with the first AI generated review.

2. I have tried to setup claudie> to run the patch set through it -
however, it requires a paid account on a cloud/AI vendor (and I guess
that different vendors' AI engines produce different output for the same
"AI prompt")?


Anyway, I do appreciate the AI review - it provides very deep insights
through the code.
quoted
+static void mtip_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int
txqueue) +{
+	struct mtip_ndev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;  
Jakub Kicinski noted in v16 review that tx_errors are already counted
by the network stack, and the statistic is exposed per-queue in
sysfs. Does incrementing tx_errors here double-count timeout events?

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250725151618.0bc84bdb@kernel.org/ (local)
Yes, this shall been removed.
quoted
+	DO_ONCE(mtip_print_hw_state, dev);
+
+	schedule_work(&priv->tx_timeout_work);
+}  


-- 
Best regards,

Łukasz Majewski
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