linux-kernel - [PATCH net 1/3] net/mlx5e: Clear Read-Only port buffer size in PBMC before update

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Message-ID: <1753256672-337784-2-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:44:30 +0300
From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David
 S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>, Alexei Lazar
	<alazar@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] net/mlx5e: Clear Read-Only port buffer size in PBMC before update

From: Alexei Lazar <alazar@...dia.com>

When updating the PBMC register, we read its current value,
modify desired fields, then write it back.

The port_buffer_size field within PBMC is Read-Only (RO).
If this RO field contains a non-zero value when read,
attempting to write it back will cause the entire PBMC
register update to fail.

This commit ensures port_buffer_size is explicitly cleared
to zero after reading the PBMC register but before writing
back the modified value.
This allows updates to other fields in the PBMC register to succeed.

Fixes: 0696d60853d5 ("net/mlx5e: Receive buffer configuration")
Signed-off-by: Alexei Lazar <alazar@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Yael Chemla <ychemla@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/port_buffer.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/port_buffer.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/port_buffer.c
index 8e25f4ef5ccc..5ae787656a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/port_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/port_buffer.c
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ static int port_set_buffer(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* RO bits should be set to 0 on write */
+	MLX5_SET(pbmc_reg, in, port_buffer_size, 0);
+
 	err = mlx5e_port_set_pbmc(mdev, in);
 out:
 	kfree(in);
-- 
2.31.1