On 03/20, Cosmin Ratiu wrote:

On Thu, 2026-03-19 at 18:24 -0700, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:

quoted

Convert mlx5 from ndo_set_rx_mode to ndo_set_rx_mode_async. The
driver's mlx5e_set_rx_mode now receives uc/mc snapshots and calls
mlx5e_fs_set_rx_mode_work directly instead of queueing work.

mlx5e_sync_netdev_addr and mlx5e_handle_netdev_addr now take
explicit uc/mc list parameters and iterate with
netdev_hw_addr_list_for_each instead of netdev_for_each_{uc,mc}_addr.

Fallback to netdev's uc/mc in a few places and grab addr lock.

Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Cc: Cosmin Ratiu <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
---
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h   |  5 +++-
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_fs.c   | 30 ++++++++++++-----
--
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 16 +++++++---
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h

b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h
index c3408b3f7010..091b80a67189 100644

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs.h

@@ -201,7 +201,10 @@ int mlx5e_add_vlan_trap(struct

mlx5e_flow_steering *fs, int  trap_id, int tir_nu
 void mlx5e_remove_vlan_trap(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs);
 int mlx5e_add_mac_trap(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs, int  trap_id,
int tir_num);
 void mlx5e_remove_mac_trap(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs);
-void mlx5e_fs_set_rx_mode_work(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
struct net_device *netdev);
+void mlx5e_fs_set_rx_mode_work(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
+			       struct net_device *netdev,
+			       struct netdev_hw_addr_list *uc,
+			       struct netdev_hw_addr_list *mc);
 int mlx5e_fs_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
 			     struct net_device *netdev,
 			     __be16 proto, u16 vid);

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_fs.c

b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_fs.c
index 55255fe6e415..a9daefbd8f8f 100644

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_fs.c

@@ -609,20 +609,26 @@ static void mlx5e_execute_l2_action(struct

mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
 }
 
 static void mlx5e_sync_netdev_addr(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
-				   struct net_device *netdev)
+				   struct net_device *netdev,
+				   struct netdev_hw_addr_list *uc,
+				   struct netdev_hw_addr_list *mc)
 {
 	struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
 
-	netif_addr_lock_bh(netdev);
+	if (!uc || !mc) {
+		netif_addr_lock_bh(netdev);
+		mlx5e_sync_netdev_addr(fs, netdev, &netdev->uc,
&netdev->mc);
+		netif_addr_unlock_bh(netdev);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	mlx5e_add_l2_to_hash(fs->l2.netdev_uc, netdev->dev_addr);
-	netdev_for_each_uc_addr(ha, netdev)
+
+	netdev_hw_addr_list_for_each(ha, uc)
 		mlx5e_add_l2_to_hash(fs->l2.netdev_uc, ha->addr);
 
-	netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, netdev)
+	netdev_hw_addr_list_for_each(ha, mc)
 		mlx5e_add_l2_to_hash(fs->l2.netdev_mc, ha->addr);
-
-	netif_addr_unlock_bh(netdev);
 }
 
 static void mlx5e_fill_addr_array(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
int list_type,

@@ -724,7 +730,9 @@ static void mlx5e_apply_netdev_addr(struct

mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
 }
 
 static void mlx5e_handle_netdev_addr(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
-				     struct net_device *netdev)
+				     struct net_device *netdev,
+				     struct netdev_hw_addr_list *uc,
+				     struct netdev_hw_addr_list *mc)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_l2_hash_node *hn;
 	struct hlist_node *tmp;

@@ -736,7 +744,7 @@ static void mlx5e_handle_netdev_addr(struct

mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
 		hn->action = MLX5E_ACTION_DEL;
 
 	if (fs->state_destroy)
-		mlx5e_sync_netdev_addr(fs, netdev);
+		mlx5e_sync_netdev_addr(fs, netdev, uc, mc);
 
 	mlx5e_apply_netdev_addr(fs);
 }

@@ -820,7 +828,9 @@ static void mlx5e_destroy_promisc_table(struct

mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
 }
 
 void mlx5e_fs_set_rx_mode_work(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
-			       struct net_device *netdev)
+			       struct net_device *netdev,
+			       struct netdev_hw_addr_list *uc,
+			       struct netdev_hw_addr_list *mc)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_l2_table *ea = &fs->l2;
 

@@ -850,7 +860,7 @@ void mlx5e_fs_set_rx_mode_work(struct

mlx5e_flow_steering *fs,
 	if (enable_broadcast)
 		mlx5e_add_l2_flow_rule(fs, &ea->broadcast,
MLX5E_FULLMATCH);
 
-	mlx5e_handle_netdev_addr(fs, netdev);
+	mlx5e_handle_netdev_addr(fs, netdev, uc, mc);
 
 	if (disable_broadcast)
 		mlx5e_del_l2_flow_rule(fs, &ea->broadcast);

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c

b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index f7009da94f0b..e86cf1ee108d 100644

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c

@@ -4108,11 +4108,16 @@ static void mlx5e_nic_set_rx_mode(struct

mlx5e_priv *priv)
 	queue_work(priv->wq, &priv->set_rx_mode_work);
 }
 
-static void mlx5e_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
+static void mlx5e_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev,
+			      struct netdev_hw_addr_list *uc,
+			      struct netdev_hw_addr_list *mc)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	mlx5e_nic_set_rx_mode(priv);
+	if (mlx5e_is_uplink_rep(priv))
+		return; /* no rx mode for uplink rep */
+
+	mlx5e_fs_set_rx_mode_work(priv->fs, dev, uc, mc);

While this chunk is correct, I think there's a logical conflict waiting
to happen with Saeed's pending patch touching this area ([1]).

You have inlined mlx5e_nic_set_rx_mode here, but after Saeed's patch
the mlx5e_is_uplink_rep condition added here should be dropped.

Not sure the automatic merge will do that.

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260319005456.82745-1-saeed@kernel.org/T/#u (local)

Thanks for the heads up, will try to wait for this to be pulled before
reposting!