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<title>net: dsa: sja1105: always enable the send_meta options</title>
<updated>2023-07-19T14:36:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
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<published>2023-07-03T22:05:45+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit a372d66af48506d9f7aaae2a474cd18f14d98cb8 ]

incl_srcpt has the limitation, mentioned in commit b4638af8885a ("net:
dsa: sja1105: always enable the INCL_SRCPT option"), that frames with a
MAC DA of 01:80:c2:xx:yy:zz will be received as 01:80:c2:00:00:zz unless
PTP RX timestamping is enabled.

The incl_srcpt option was initially unconditionally enabled, then that
changed with commit 42824463d38d ("net: dsa: sja1105: Limit use of
incl_srcpt to bridge+vlan mode"), then again with b4638af8885a ("net:
dsa: sja1105: always enable the INCL_SRCPT option"). Bottom line is that
it now needs to be always enabled, otherwise the driver does not have a
reliable source of information regarding source_port and switch_id for
link-local traffic (tag_8021q VLANs may be imprecise since now they
identify an entire bridging domain when ports are not standalone).

If we accept that PTP RX timestamping (and therefore, meta frame
generation) is always enabled in hardware, then that limitation could be
avoided and packets with any MAC DA can be properly received, because
meta frames do contain the original bytes from the MAC DA of their
associated link-local packet.

This change enables meta frame generation unconditionally, which also
has the nice side effects of simplifying the switch control path
(a switch reset is no longer required on hwtstamping settings change)
and the tagger data path (it no longer needs to be informed whether to
expect meta frames or not - it always does).

Fixes: 227d07a07ef1 ("net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for traffic through standalone ports")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;florian.fainelli@broadcom.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a372d66af48506d9f7aaae2a474cd18f14d98cb8 ]

incl_srcpt has the limitation, mentioned in commit b4638af8885a ("net:
dsa: sja1105: always enable the INCL_SRCPT option"), that frames with a
MAC DA of 01:80:c2:xx:yy:zz will be received as 01:80:c2:00:00:zz unless
PTP RX timestamping is enabled.

The incl_srcpt option was initially unconditionally enabled, then that
changed with commit 42824463d38d ("net: dsa: sja1105: Limit use of
incl_srcpt to bridge+vlan mode"), then again with b4638af8885a ("net:
dsa: sja1105: always enable the INCL_SRCPT option"). Bottom line is that
it now needs to be always enabled, otherwise the driver does not have a
reliable source of information regarding source_port and switch_id for
link-local traffic (tag_8021q VLANs may be imprecise since now they
identify an entire bridging domain when ports are not standalone).

If we accept that PTP RX timestamping (and therefore, meta frame
generation) is always enabled in hardware, then that limitation could be
avoided and packets with any MAC DA can be properly received, because
meta frames do contain the original bytes from the MAC DA of their
associated link-local packet.

This change enables meta frame generation unconditionally, which also
has the nice side effects of simplifying the switch control path
(a switch reset is no longer required on hwtstamping settings change)
and the tagger data path (it no longer needs to be informed whether to
expect meta frames or not - it always does).

Fixes: 227d07a07ef1 ("net: dsa: sja1105: Add support for traffic through standalone ports")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;florian.fainelli@broadcom.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: dsa: tag_sja1105: fix MAC DA patching from meta frames</title>
<updated>2023-07-19T14:36:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-07-03T22:05:44+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 1dcf6efd5f0c1f4496b3ef7ec5a7db104a53b38c ]

The SJA1105 manual says that at offset 4 into the meta frame payload we
have "MAC destination byte 2" and at offset 5 we have "MAC destination
byte 1". These are counted from the LSB, so byte 1 is h_dest[ETH_HLEN-2]
aka h_dest[4] and byte 2 is h_dest[ETH_HLEN-3] aka h_dest[3].

The sja1105_meta_unpack() function decodes these the other way around,
so a frame with MAC DA 01:80:c2:11:22:33 is received by the network
stack as having 01:80:c2:22:11:33.

Fixes: e53e18a6fe4d ("net: dsa: sja1105: Receive and decode meta frames")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;florian.fainelli@broadcom.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 1dcf6efd5f0c1f4496b3ef7ec5a7db104a53b38c ]

The SJA1105 manual says that at offset 4 into the meta frame payload we
have "MAC destination byte 2" and at offset 5 we have "MAC destination
byte 1". These are counted from the LSB, so byte 1 is h_dest[ETH_HLEN-2]
aka h_dest[4] and byte 2 is h_dest[ETH_HLEN-3] aka h_dest[3].

The sja1105_meta_unpack() function decodes these the other way around,
so a frame with MAC DA 01:80:c2:11:22:33 is received by the network
stack as having 01:80:c2:22:11:33.

Fixes: e53e18a6fe4d ("net: dsa: sja1105: Receive and decode meta frames")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;florian.fainelli@broadcom.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: dsa: tag_sja1105: fix source port decoding in vlan_filtering=0 bridge mode</title>
<updated>2023-07-19T14:36:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-30T22:20:10+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit a398b9ea0c3b791b7a0f4c6029a62cf628f97f22 ]

There was a regression introduced by the blamed commit, where pinging to
a VLAN-unaware bridge would fail with the repeated message "Couldn't
decode source port" coming from the tagging protocol driver.

When receiving packets with a bridge_vid as determined by
dsa_tag_8021q_bridge_join(), dsa_8021q_rcv() will decode:
- source_port = 0 (which isn't really valid, more like "don't know")
- switch_id = 0 (which isn't really valid, more like "don't know")
- vbid = value in range 1-7

Since the blamed patch has reversed the order of the checks, we are now
going to believe that source_port != -1 and switch_id != -1, so they're
valid, but they aren't.

The minimal solution to the problem is to only populate source_port and
switch_id with what dsa_8021q_rcv() came up with, if the vbid is zero,
i.e. the source port information is trustworthy.

Fixes: c1ae02d87689 ("net: dsa: tag_sja1105: always prefer source port information from INCL_SRCPT")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a398b9ea0c3b791b7a0f4c6029a62cf628f97f22 ]

There was a regression introduced by the blamed commit, where pinging to
a VLAN-unaware bridge would fail with the repeated message "Couldn't
decode source port" coming from the tagging protocol driver.

When receiving packets with a bridge_vid as determined by
dsa_tag_8021q_bridge_join(), dsa_8021q_rcv() will decode:
- source_port = 0 (which isn't really valid, more like "don't know")
- switch_id = 0 (which isn't really valid, more like "don't know")
- vbid = value in range 1-7

Since the blamed patch has reversed the order of the checks, we are now
going to believe that source_port != -1 and switch_id != -1, so they're
valid, but they aren't.

The minimal solution to the problem is to only populate source_port and
switch_id with what dsa_8021q_rcv() came up with, if the vbid is zero,
i.e. the source port information is trustworthy.

Fixes: c1ae02d87689 ("net: dsa: tag_sja1105: always prefer source port information from INCL_SRCPT")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: dsa: tag_sja1105: always prefer source port information from INCL_SRCPT</title>
<updated>2023-07-19T14:36:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-27T09:42:07+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c1ae02d876898b1b8ca1e12c6f84d7b406263800 ]

Currently the sja1105 tagging protocol prefers using the source port
information from the VLAN header if that is available, falling back to
the INCL_SRCPT option if it isn't. The VLAN header is available for all
frames except for META frames initiated by the switch (containing RX
timestamps), and thus, the "if (is_link_local)" branch is practically
dead.

The tag_8021q source port identification has become more loose
("imprecise") and will report a plausible rather than exact bridge port,
when under a bridge (be it VLAN-aware or VLAN-unaware). But link-local
traffic always needs to know the precise source port. With incorrect
source port reporting, for example PTP traffic over 2 bridged ports will
all be seen on sockets opened on the first such port, which is incorrect.

Now that the tagging protocol has been changed to make link-local frames
always contain source port information, we can reverse the order of the
checks so that we always give precedence to that information (which is
always precise) in lieu of the tag_8021q VID which is only precise for a
standalone port.

Fixes: d7f9787a763f ("net: dsa: tag_8021q: add support for imprecise RX based on the VBID")
Fixes: 91495f21fcec ("net: dsa: tag_8021q: replace the SVL bridging with VLAN-unaware IVL bridging")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c1ae02d876898b1b8ca1e12c6f84d7b406263800 ]

Currently the sja1105 tagging protocol prefers using the source port
information from the VLAN header if that is available, falling back to
the INCL_SRCPT option if it isn't. The VLAN header is available for all
frames except for META frames initiated by the switch (containing RX
timestamps), and thus, the "if (is_link_local)" branch is practically
dead.

The tag_8021q source port identification has become more loose
("imprecise") and will report a plausible rather than exact bridge port,
when under a bridge (be it VLAN-aware or VLAN-unaware). But link-local
traffic always needs to know the precise source port. With incorrect
source port reporting, for example PTP traffic over 2 bridged ports will
all be seen on sockets opened on the first such port, which is incorrect.

Now that the tagging protocol has been changed to make link-local frames
always contain source port information, we can reverse the order of the
checks so that we always give precedence to that information (which is
always precise) in lieu of the tag_8021q VID which is only precise for a
standalone port.

Fixes: d7f9787a763f ("net: dsa: tag_8021q: add support for imprecise RX based on the VBID")
Fixes: 91495f21fcec ("net: dsa: tag_8021q: replace the SVL bridging with VLAN-unaware IVL bridging")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: dsa: avoid suspicious RCU usage for synced VLAN-aware MAC addresses</title>
<updated>2023-07-19T14:35:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-26T15:44:02+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit d06f925f13976ab82167c93467c70a337a0a3cda ]

When using the felix driver (the only one which supports UC filtering
and MC filtering) as a DSA master for a random other DSA switch, one can
see the following stack trace when the downstream switch ports join a
VLAN-aware bridge:

=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
-----------------------------
net/8021q/vlan_core.c:238 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!

stack backtrace:
Workqueue: dsa_ordered dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work
Call trace:
 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x170/0x210
 vlan_for_each+0x8c/0x188
 dsa_slave_sync_uc+0x128/0x178
 __hw_addr_sync_dev+0x138/0x158
 dsa_slave_set_rx_mode+0x58/0x70
 __dev_set_rx_mode+0x88/0xa8
 dev_uc_add+0x74/0xa0
 dsa_port_bridge_host_fdb_add+0xec/0x180
 dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work+0x7c/0x1c8
 process_one_work+0x290/0x568

What it's saying is that vlan_for_each() expects rtnl_lock() context and
it's not getting it, when it's called from the DSA master's ndo_set_rx_mode().

The caller of that - dsa_slave_set_rx_mode() - is the slave DSA
interface's dsa_port_bridge_host_fdb_add() which comes from the deferred
dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work().

We went to great lengths to avoid the rtnl_lock() context in that call
path in commit 0faf890fc519 ("net: dsa: drop rtnl_lock from
dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work"), and calling rtnl_lock() is simply not
an option due to the possibility of deadlocking when calling
dsa_flush_workqueue() from the call paths that do hold rtnl_lock() -
basically all of them.

So, when the DSA master calls vlan_for_each() from its ndo_set_rx_mode(),
the state of the 8021q driver on this device is really not protected
from concurrent access by anything.

Looking at net/8021q/, I don't think that vlan_info-&gt;vid_list was
particularly designed with RCU traversal in mind, so introducing an RCU
read-side form of vlan_for_each() - vlan_for_each_rcu() - won't be so
easy, and it also wouldn't be exactly what we need anyway.

In general I believe that the solution isn't in net/8021q/ anyway;
vlan_for_each() is not cut out for this task. DSA doesn't need rtnl_lock()
to be held per se - since it's not a netdev state change that we're
blocking, but rather, just concurrent additions/removals to a VLAN list.
We don't even need sleepable context - the callback of vlan_for_each()
just schedules deferred work.

The proposed escape is to remove the dependency on vlan_for_each() and
to open-code a non-sleepable, rtnl-free alternative to that, based on
copies of the VLAN list modified from .ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid() and
.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid().

Fixes: 64fdc5f341db ("net: dsa: sync unicast and multicast addresses for VLAN filters too")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230626154402.3154454-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d06f925f13976ab82167c93467c70a337a0a3cda ]

When using the felix driver (the only one which supports UC filtering
and MC filtering) as a DSA master for a random other DSA switch, one can
see the following stack trace when the downstream switch ports join a
VLAN-aware bridge:

=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
-----------------------------
net/8021q/vlan_core.c:238 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!

stack backtrace:
Workqueue: dsa_ordered dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work
Call trace:
 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x170/0x210
 vlan_for_each+0x8c/0x188
 dsa_slave_sync_uc+0x128/0x178
 __hw_addr_sync_dev+0x138/0x158
 dsa_slave_set_rx_mode+0x58/0x70
 __dev_set_rx_mode+0x88/0xa8
 dev_uc_add+0x74/0xa0
 dsa_port_bridge_host_fdb_add+0xec/0x180
 dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work+0x7c/0x1c8
 process_one_work+0x290/0x568

What it's saying is that vlan_for_each() expects rtnl_lock() context and
it's not getting it, when it's called from the DSA master's ndo_set_rx_mode().

The caller of that - dsa_slave_set_rx_mode() - is the slave DSA
interface's dsa_port_bridge_host_fdb_add() which comes from the deferred
dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work().

We went to great lengths to avoid the rtnl_lock() context in that call
path in commit 0faf890fc519 ("net: dsa: drop rtnl_lock from
dsa_slave_switchdev_event_work"), and calling rtnl_lock() is simply not
an option due to the possibility of deadlocking when calling
dsa_flush_workqueue() from the call paths that do hold rtnl_lock() -
basically all of them.

So, when the DSA master calls vlan_for_each() from its ndo_set_rx_mode(),
the state of the 8021q driver on this device is really not protected
from concurrent access by anything.

Looking at net/8021q/, I don't think that vlan_info-&gt;vid_list was
particularly designed with RCU traversal in mind, so introducing an RCU
read-side form of vlan_for_each() - vlan_for_each_rcu() - won't be so
easy, and it also wouldn't be exactly what we need anyway.

In general I believe that the solution isn't in net/8021q/ anyway;
vlan_for_each() is not cut out for this task. DSA doesn't need rtnl_lock()
to be held per se - since it's not a netdev state change that we're
blocking, but rather, just concurrent additions/removals to a VLAN list.
We don't even need sleepable context - the callback of vlan_for_each()
just schedules deferred work.

The proposed escape is to remove the dependency on vlan_for_each() and
to open-code a non-sleepable, rtnl-free alternative to that, based on
copies of the VLAN list modified from .ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid() and
.ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid().

Fixes: 64fdc5f341db ("net: dsa: sync unicast and multicast addresses for VLAN filters too")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230626154402.3154454-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: dsa: introduce preferred_default_local_cpu_port and use on MT7530</title>
<updated>2023-06-20T08:40:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>olteanv@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-17T06:26:48+00:00</published>
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Since the introduction of the OF bindings, DSA has always had a policy that
in case multiple CPU ports are present in the device tree, the numerically
smallest one is always chosen.

The MT7530 switch family, except the switch on the MT7988 SoC, has 2 CPU
ports, 5 and 6, where port 6 is preferable on the MT7531BE switch because
it has higher bandwidth.

The MT7530 driver developers had 3 options:
- to modify DSA when the MT7531 switch support was introduced, such as to
  prefer the better port
- to declare both CPU ports in device trees as CPU ports, and live with the
  sub-optimal performance resulting from not preferring the better port
- to declare just port 6 in the device tree as a CPU port

Of course they chose the path of least resistance (3rd option), kicking the
can down the road. The hardware description in the device tree is supposed
to be stable - developers are not supposed to adopt the strategy of
piecemeal hardware description, where the device tree is updated in
lockstep with the features that the kernel currently supports.

Now, as a result of the fact that they did that, any attempts to modify the
device tree and describe both CPU ports as CPU ports would make DSA change
its default selection from port 6 to 5, effectively resulting in a
performance degradation visible to users with the MT7531BE switch as can be
seen below.

Without preferring port 6:

[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec   374 MBytes   157 Mbits/sec  734    sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec   373 MBytes   156 Mbits/sec    receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.81 GBytes   778 Mbits/sec    0    sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.81 GBytes   777 Mbits/sec    receiver

With preferring port 6:

[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.99 GBytes   856 Mbits/sec  273    sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.99 GBytes   855 Mbits/sec    receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.72 GBytes   737 Mbits/sec   15    sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.71 GBytes   736 Mbits/sec    receiver

Using one port for WAN and the other ports for LAN is a very popular use
case which is what this test emulates.

As such, this change proposes that we retroactively modify stable kernels
(which don't support the modification of the CPU port assignments, so as to
let user space fix the problem and restore the throughput) to keep the
mt7530 driver preferring port 6 even with device trees where the hardware
is more fully described.

Fixes: c288575f7810 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add the support of MT7531 switch")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;olteanv@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL &lt;arinc.unal@arinc9.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;florian.fainelli@broadcom.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Since the introduction of the OF bindings, DSA has always had a policy that
in case multiple CPU ports are present in the device tree, the numerically
smallest one is always chosen.

The MT7530 switch family, except the switch on the MT7988 SoC, has 2 CPU
ports, 5 and 6, where port 6 is preferable on the MT7531BE switch because
it has higher bandwidth.

The MT7530 driver developers had 3 options:
- to modify DSA when the MT7531 switch support was introduced, such as to
  prefer the better port
- to declare both CPU ports in device trees as CPU ports, and live with the
  sub-optimal performance resulting from not preferring the better port
- to declare just port 6 in the device tree as a CPU port

Of course they chose the path of least resistance (3rd option), kicking the
can down the road. The hardware description in the device tree is supposed
to be stable - developers are not supposed to adopt the strategy of
piecemeal hardware description, where the device tree is updated in
lockstep with the features that the kernel currently supports.

Now, as a result of the fact that they did that, any attempts to modify the
device tree and describe both CPU ports as CPU ports would make DSA change
its default selection from port 6 to 5, effectively resulting in a
performance degradation visible to users with the MT7531BE switch as can be
seen below.

Without preferring port 6:

[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec   374 MBytes   157 Mbits/sec  734    sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec   373 MBytes   156 Mbits/sec    receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.81 GBytes   778 Mbits/sec    0    sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.81 GBytes   777 Mbits/sec    receiver

With preferring port 6:

[ ID][Role] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.99 GBytes   856 Mbits/sec  273    sender
[  5][TX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.99 GBytes   855 Mbits/sec    receiver
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.72 GBytes   737 Mbits/sec   15    sender
[  7][RX-C]   0.00-20.00  sec  1.71 GBytes   736 Mbits/sec    receiver

Using one port for WAN and the other ports for LAN is a very popular use
case which is what this test emulates.

As such, this change proposes that we retroactively modify stable kernels
(which don't support the modification of the CPU port assignments, so as to
let user space fix the problem and restore the throughput) to keep the
mt7530 driver preferring port 6 even with device trees where the hardware
is more fully described.

Fixes: c288575f7810 ("net: dsa: mt7530: Add the support of MT7531 switch")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;olteanv@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL &lt;arinc.unal@arinc9.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;florian.fainelli@broadcom.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: dsa: tag_ocelot: call only the relevant portion of __skb_vlan_pop() on TX</title>
<updated>2023-04-23T13:16:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-20T22:56:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=0bcf2e4aca6c29a07555b713f2fb461dc38d5977'/>
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ocelot_xmit_get_vlan_info() calls __skb_vlan_pop() as the most
appropriate helper I could find which strips away a VLAN header.
That's all I need it to do, but __skb_vlan_pop() has more logic, which
will become incompatible with the future revert of commit 6d1ccff62780
("net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()").

Namely, it performs a sanity check on skb_mac_header(), which will stop
being set after the above revert, so it will return an error instead of
removing the VLAN tag.

ocelot_xmit_get_vlan_info() gets called in 2 circumstances:

(1) the port is under a VLAN-aware bridge and the bridge sends
    VLAN-tagged packets

(2) the port is under a VLAN-aware bridge and somebody else (an 8021q
    upper) sends VLAN-tagged packets (using a VID that isn't in the
    bridge vlan tables)

In case (1), there is actually no bug to defend against, because
br_dev_xmit() calls skb_reset_mac_header() and things continue to work.

However, in case (2), illustrated using the commands below, it can be
seen that our intervention is needed, since __skb_vlan_pop() complains:

$ ip link add br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 &amp;&amp; ip link set br0 up
$ ip link set $eth master br0 &amp;&amp; ip link set $eth up
$ ip link add link $eth name $eth.100 type vlan id 100 &amp;&amp; ip link set $eth.100 up
$ ip addr add 192.168.100.1/24 dev $eth.100

I could fend off the checks in __skb_vlan_pop() with some
skb_mac_header_was_set() calls, but seeing how few callers of
__skb_vlan_pop() there are from TX paths, that seems rather
unproductive.

As an alternative solution, extract the bare minimum logic to strip a
VLAN header, and move it to a new helper named vlan_remove_tag(), close
to the definition of vlan_insert_tag(). Document it appropriately and
make ocelot_xmit_get_vlan_info() call this smaller helper instead.

Seeing that it doesn't appear illegal to test skb-&gt;protocol in the TX
path, I guess it would be a good for vlan_remove_tag() to also absorb
the vlan_set_encap_proto() function call.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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ocelot_xmit_get_vlan_info() calls __skb_vlan_pop() as the most
appropriate helper I could find which strips away a VLAN header.
That's all I need it to do, but __skb_vlan_pop() has more logic, which
will become incompatible with the future revert of commit 6d1ccff62780
("net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()").

Namely, it performs a sanity check on skb_mac_header(), which will stop
being set after the above revert, so it will return an error instead of
removing the VLAN tag.

ocelot_xmit_get_vlan_info() gets called in 2 circumstances:

(1) the port is under a VLAN-aware bridge and the bridge sends
    VLAN-tagged packets

(2) the port is under a VLAN-aware bridge and somebody else (an 8021q
    upper) sends VLAN-tagged packets (using a VID that isn't in the
    bridge vlan tables)

In case (1), there is actually no bug to defend against, because
br_dev_xmit() calls skb_reset_mac_header() and things continue to work.

However, in case (2), illustrated using the commands below, it can be
seen that our intervention is needed, since __skb_vlan_pop() complains:

$ ip link add br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 &amp;&amp; ip link set br0 up
$ ip link set $eth master br0 &amp;&amp; ip link set $eth up
$ ip link add link $eth name $eth.100 type vlan id 100 &amp;&amp; ip link set $eth.100 up
$ ip addr add 192.168.100.1/24 dev $eth.100

I could fend off the checks in __skb_vlan_pop() with some
skb_mac_header_was_set() calls, but seeing how few callers of
__skb_vlan_pop() there are from TX paths, that seems rather
unproductive.

As an alternative solution, extract the bare minimum logic to strip a
VLAN header, and move it to a new helper named vlan_remove_tag(), close
to the definition of vlan_insert_tag(). Document it appropriately and
make ocelot_xmit_get_vlan_info() call this smaller helper instead.

Seeing that it doesn't appear illegal to test skb-&gt;protocol in the TX
path, I guess it would be a good for vlan_remove_tag() to also absorb
the vlan_set_encap_proto() function call.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: dsa: update TX path comments to not mention skb_mac_header()</title>
<updated>2023-04-23T13:16:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-20T22:56:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=f0a9d563064c3040a2d7b32317b37a6bcb1099b2'/>
<id>f0a9d563064c3040a2d7b32317b37a6bcb1099b2</id>
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Once commit 6d1ccff62780 ("net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()")
will be reverted, it will no longer be true that skb-&gt;data points at
skb_mac_header(skb) - since the skb-&gt;mac_header will not be set - so
stop saying that, and just say that it points to the MAC header.

I've reviewed vlan_insert_tag() and it does not *actually* depend on
skb_mac_header(), so reword that to avoid the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Once commit 6d1ccff62780 ("net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()")
will be reverted, it will no longer be true that skb-&gt;data points at
skb_mac_header(skb) - since the skb-&gt;mac_header will not be set - so
stop saying that, and just say that it points to the MAC header.

I've reviewed vlan_insert_tag() and it does not *actually* depend on
skb_mac_header(), so reword that to avoid the confusion.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: dsa: tag_sja1105: replace skb_mac_header() with vlan_eth_hdr()</title>
<updated>2023-04-23T13:16:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-20T22:55:59+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=b5653b157e55a25ec76506e8cd31353e0ed4944c'/>
<id>b5653b157e55a25ec76506e8cd31353e0ed4944c</id>
<content type='text'>
This is a cosmetic patch which consolidates the code to use the helper
function offered by if_vlan.h.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
This is a cosmetic patch which consolidates the code to use the helper
function offered by if_vlan.h.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: dsa: tag_sja1105: don't rely on skb_mac_header() in TX paths</title>
<updated>2023-04-23T13:16:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vladimir Oltean</name>
<email>vladimir.oltean@nxp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-20T22:55:58+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=f9346f00b5af0b32503dcd74072392d9592163ef'/>
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<content type='text'>
skb_mac_header() will no longer be available in the TX path when
reverting commit 6d1ccff62780 ("net: reset mac header in
dev_start_xmit()"). As preparation for that, let's use
skb_vlan_eth_hdr() to get to the VLAN header instead, which assumes it's
located at skb-&gt;data (assumption which holds true here).

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
skb_mac_header() will no longer be available in the TX path when
reverting commit 6d1ccff62780 ("net: reset mac header in
dev_start_xmit()"). As preparation for that, let's use
skb_vlan_eth_hdr() to get to the VLAN header instead, which assumes it's
located at skb-&gt;data (assumption which holds true here).

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean &lt;vladimir.oltean@nxp.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;simon.horman@corigine.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli &lt;f.fainelli@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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