linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v2 5/5] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: convert cap_bit in mtk_eth

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Message-ID: <20250417081325.0e0345ee@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:13:25 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
 Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Matthias Brugger
 <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
 <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, Florian Fainelli
 <f.fainelli@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 5/5] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: convert cap_bit
 in mtk_eth_muxc struct to u64

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 01:52:03 +0100 Daniel Golle wrote:
> The capabilities bitfield was converted to a 64-bit value, but a cap_bit
> in struct mtk_eth_muxc which is used to store a full bitfield (rather
> than the bit number, as the name would suggest) still holds only a
> 32-bit value.
> 
> Change the type of cap_bit to u64 in order to avoid truncating the
> bitfield which results in path selection to not work with capabilities
> above the 32-bit limit.

Could you please be more specific and name a bit or a field that goes
over 32b? Since this is a fix ideally we'd also have impact to the user
described in the commit message. But having enough info for the reviewer
to quickly validate the change is the bare minimum.