linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth

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Message-ID: <20230306121548.k33fgu7adg44zruu@skbuf>
Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:15:48 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        Mark Lee <Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com>,
        John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
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        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>,
        Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
        arinc9.unal@...il.com, frank-w@...lic-files.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix RX data corruption
 issue

On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 01:43:20PM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Fix data corruption issue with SerDes connected PHYs operating at 1.25
> Gbps speed where we could previously observe about 30% packet loss while
> the bad packet counter was increasing.
> 
> As almost all boards with MediaTek MT7622 or MT7986 use either the MT7531
> switch IC operating at 3.125Gbps SerDes rate or single-port PHYs using
> rate-adaptation to 2500Base-X mode, this issue only got exposed now when
> we started trying to use SFP modules operating with 1.25 Gbps with the
> BananaPi R3 board.
> 
> The fix is to set bit 12 which disables the RX FIFO clear function when
> setting up MAC MCR, MediaTek SDK did the same change stating:
> "If without this patch, kernel might receive invalid packets that are
> corrupted by GMAC."[1]
> 
> [1]: https://git01.mediatek.com/plugins/gitiles/openwrt/feeds/mtk-openwrt-feeds/+/d8a2975939a12686c4a95c40db21efdc3f821f63
> 
> Fixes: 42c03844e93d ("net-next: mediatek: add support for MediaTek MT7622 SoC")
> Tested-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
> ---

I don't see something particularly controversial with this change.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>