netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: fix mv88e6xxx switches

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:49:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk
Cc:	vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, andrew@...n.ch,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: dsa: fix mv88e6xxx switches

From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 09:22:05 +0000

> Since commit 76e398a62712 ("net: dsa: use switchdev obj for VLAN add/del
> ops"), the Marvell 88E6xxx switch has been unable to pass traffic
> between ports - any received traffic is discarded by the switch.
> Taking a port out of bridge mode and configuring a vlan on it also the
> port to start passing traffic.
> 
> With the debugfs files re-instated to allow debug of this issue by
> comparing the register settings between the working and non-working
> case, the reason becomes clear:
> 
>      GLOBAL GLOBAL2 SERDES   0    1    2    3    4    5    6
> - 7:  1111    707f    2001     2    2    2    2    2    0    2
> + 7:  1111    707f    2001     1    1    1    1    1    0    1
> 
> Register 7 for the ports is the default vlan tag register, and in the
> non-working setup, it has been set to 2, despite vlan 2 not being
> configured.  This causes the switch to drop all packets coming in to
> these ports.  The working setup has the default vlan tag register set
> to 1, which is the default vlan when none is configured.
> 
> Inspection of the code reveals why.  The code prior to this commit
> was:
> 
> -		for (vid = vlan->vid_begin; vid <= vlan->vid_end; ++vid) {
> ...
> -			if (!err && vlan->flags & BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_PVID)
> -				err = ds->drv->port_pvid_set(ds, p->port, vid);
> 
> but the new code is:
> 
> +	for (vid = vlan->vid_begin; vid <= vlan->vid_end; ++vid) {
> ...
> +	}
> ...
> +	if (pvid)
> +		err = _mv88e6xxx_port_pvid_set(ds, port, vid);
> 
> This causes the new code to always set the default vlan to one higher
> than the old code.
> 
> Fix this.
> 
> Fixes: 76e398a62712 ("net: dsa: use switchdev obj for VLAN add/del ops")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Russell.