netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: systemport: set dev->max_mtu to UMAC_MAX_MTU

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Message-ID: <20201218205220.jb3kh7v23gtpymmx@skbuf>
Date:   Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:52:20 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Murali Krishna Policharla <murali.policharla@...adcom.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        "open list:BROADCOM SYSTEMPORT ETHERNET DRIVER" 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: systemport: set dev->max_mtu to
 UMAC_MAX_MTU_SIZE

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 12:30:20PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 12/18/20 12:24 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > Hi Florian,
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 09:38:43AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >> The driver is already allocating receive buffers of 2KiB and the
> >> Ethernet MAC is configured to accept frames up to UMAC_MAX_MTU_SIZE.
> >>
> >> Fixes: bfcb813203e6 ("net: dsa: configure the MTU for switch ports")
> >> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c | 1 +
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
> >> index 0fdd19d99d99..b1ae9eb8f247 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c
> >> @@ -2577,6 +2577,7 @@ static int bcm_sysport_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>  			 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX;
> >>  	dev->hw_features |= dev->features;
> >>  	dev->vlan_features |= dev->features;
> >> +	dev->max_mtu = UMAC_MAX_MTU_SIZE;
> >>  
> >>  	/* Request the WOL interrupt and advertise suspend if available */
> >>  	priv->wol_irq_disabled = 1;
> >> -- 
> >> 2.25.1
> >>
> > 
> > Do you want to treat the SYSTEMPORT Lite differently?
> > 
> > 	/* Set maximum frame length */
> > 	if (!priv->is_lite)
> > 		umac_writel(priv, UMAC_MAX_MTU_SIZE, UMAC_MAX_FRAME_LEN);
> > 	else
> > 		gib_set_pad_extension(priv);
> 
> SYSTEMPORT Lite does not actually validate the frame length, so setting
> a maximum number to the buffer size we allocate could work, but I don't
> see a reason to differentiate the two types of MACs here.

And if the Lite doesn't validate the frame length, then shouldn't it
report a max_mtu equal to the max_mtu of the attached DSA switch, plus
the Broadcom tag length? Doesn't the b53 driver support jumbo frames?