netdev - Re: [PATCH net RESEND] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Add IFF_UNICAST

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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:05:16 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: "Sanjuán García, Jorge"
 <Jorge.SanjuanGarcia@...gon.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net RESEND] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Add
 IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to port device

On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:13:23 +0000 Sanjuán García, Jorge wrote:
> Since commit 8940e6b669ca ("net: dsa: avoid call to __dev_set_promiscuity()
> while rtnl_mutex isn't held") when conecting one of this switch's port
> to a DSA switch as the conduit interface, the network interface is set to
> promiscuous mode by default and cannot be set to not promiscuous mode again
> from userspace. The reason for this is that the cpsw ports net devices
> do not have the flag IFF_UNICAST_FLT set in their private flags.
> 
> The cpsw switch should be able to set not promiscuous mode as otherwise
> a '1' is written to bit ALE_PORT_MACONLY_CAF which makes ethernet frames
> get an additional VLAN tag when entering the port connected to the DSA
> switch. Setting the IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to all ports allows us to have
> the conduit interface on the DSA subsystem set as not promiscuous.

It doesn't look like am65-cpsw-nuss supports unicast filtering, 
tho, does it? So we're lying about support to work around some 
CPSW weirdness (additional VLAN tag thing)?