Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 3 authors, 2026-02-03

Re: [net-next,v4,9/9] ice: dpll: Support E825-C SyncE and dynamic pin discovery

From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-02-03 16:11:41
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ice: dpll: Support E825-C SyncE and dynamic pin discovery

This patch implements SyncE support for the E825-C Ethernet controller
using the DPLL subsystem, with dynamic pin discovery via firmware (ACPI)
and asynchronous registration using the DPLL notifier chain.
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
index 4eca62688d83..a8c99e49bfae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
[ ... ]
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@@ -528,6 +529,92 @@ ice_dpll_pin_disable(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_dpll_pin *pin,
 	return ret;
 }

+/**
+ * ice_dpll_rclk_update - updates the state of rclk pin on a device
+ * @pf: private board struct
+ * @pin: pointer to a pin
+ * @port_num: port number
+ *
+ * Update struct holding pin states info, states are separate for each parent
+ *
+ * Context: Called under pf->dplls.lock
+ * Return:
+ * * 0 - OK
+ * * negative - error
+ */
+static int ice_dpll_rclk_update(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_dpll_pin *pin,
+				u8 port_num)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	for (u8 parent = 0; parent < pf->dplls.rclk.num_parents; parent++) {
+		ret = ice_aq_get_phy_rec_clk_out(&pf->hw, &parent, &port_num,
+						 &pin->flags[parent], NULL);
Is it safe to pass &parent as an output parameter when it's also the loop
counter? Looking at ice_aq_get_phy_rec_clk_out():

    int ice_aq_get_phy_rec_clk_out(struct ice_hw *hw, u8 *phy_output, ...)
    {
        cmd->phy_output = *phy_output;  // Read as input
        status = ice_aq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, NULL, 0, NULL);
        if (!status) {
            *phy_output = cmd->phy_output;  // Write back from firmware
        ...

The firmware could potentially return a different value than was sent,
which would be written back to 'parent', corrupting the loop counter.

This corrupted value is then used as an array index:
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ice_dpll_pin_store_state(pin, parent,
+					 ICE_AQC_GET_PHY_REC_CLK_OUT_OUT_EN &
+					 pin->flags[parent]);
Both pin->flags[parent] and pin->state[parent] (inside
ice_dpll_pin_store_state) could access out of bounds if firmware returns
a value >= ICE_DPLL_RCLK_NUM_MAX (which is 2).

Would it be safer to use a separate variable for the phy_output parameter
and validate that firmware echoes back the expected value?
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
[ ... ]
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@@ -3239,8 +3683,8 @@ static int ice_dpll_init_pins(struct ice_pf *pf, bool cgu)
  * @d: pointer to ice_dpll
  * @cgu: if cgu is present and controlled by this NIC
  *
- * If cgu is owned unregister the dpll from dpll subsystem.
- * Release resources of dpll device from dpll subsystem.
+ * If cgu is owned, unregister the DPL from DPLL subsystem.
+ * Release resources of DPLL device from DPLL subsystem.
  */
This isn't a bug, but there's a typo: 'DPL' should be 'DPLL'.
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