netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: micrel: Fix PTP frame parsing for lan8814

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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:06:35 +0100
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
Cc: <andrew@...n.ch>, <hkallweit1@...il.com>, <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, <richardcochran@...il.com>,
 <Divya.Koppera@...rochip.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: micrel: Fix PTP frame parsing for lan8814

Hello Horatiu,

On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 14:15:20 +0100
Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com> wrote:

> The HW has the capability to check each frame if it is a PTP frame,
> which domain it is, which ptp frame type it is, different ip address in
> the frame. And if one of these checks fail then the frame is not
> timestamp. Most of these checks were disabled except checking the field
> minorVersionPTP inside the PTP header. Meaning that once a partner sends
> a frame compliant to 8021AS which has minorVersionPTP set to 1, then the
> frame was not timestamp because the HW expected by default a value of 0
> in minorVersionPTP. This is exactly the same issue as on lan8841.
> Fix this issue by removing this check so the userspace can decide on this.
> 
> Fixes: ece19502834d ("net: phy: micrel: 1588 support for LAN8814 phy")
> Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> index bf4053431dcb3..1752eaeadc42e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
> @@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
>   */
>  #define LAN8814_1PPM_FORMAT			17179
>  
> +#define PTP_RX_VERSION				0x0248
> +#define PTP_TX_VERSION				0x0288
> +
>  #define PTP_RX_MOD				0x024F
>  #define PTP_RX_MOD_BAD_UDPV4_CHKSUM_FORCE_FCS_DIS_ BIT(3)
>  #define PTP_RX_TIMESTAMP_EN			0x024D
> @@ -3150,6 +3153,10 @@ static void lan8814_ptp_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  	lanphy_write_page_reg(phydev, 5, PTP_TX_PARSE_IP_ADDR_EN, 0);
>  	lanphy_write_page_reg(phydev, 5, PTP_RX_PARSE_IP_ADDR_EN, 0);
>  
> +	/* Disable checking for minorVersionPTP field */
> +	lanphy_write_page_reg(phydev, 5, PTP_RX_VERSION, 0xff00);
> +	lanphy_write_page_reg(phydev, 5, PTP_TX_VERSION, 0xff00);

Small nit: This looks a bit like magic values, from the datasheet I
understand the upper byte is the max supported version and the lower
byte is the min supported version, maybe this could be wrapped in
macros ?

> +
>  	skb_queue_head_init(&ptp_priv->tx_queue);
>  	skb_queue_head_init(&ptp_priv->rx_queue);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ptp_priv->rx_ts_list);

Besides that,

Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>

Thanks,

Maxime