netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dsa: rzn1-a5psw: enable DPBU for CPU port and fix STP states

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Message-ID: <20230330170134.2f0cd3d1@fixe.home>
Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:01:34 +0200
From:   Clément Léger <clement.leger@...tlin.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>,
        Miquèl Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Milan Stevanovic <milan.stevanovic@...com>,
        Jimmy Lalande <jimmy.lalande@...com>,
        Pascal Eberhard <pascal.eberhard@...com>,
        Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: dsa: rzn1-a5psw: enable DPBU for CPU
 port and fix STP states

Le Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:56:23 +0300,
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> a écrit :

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:48:28AM +0200, Clément Léger wrote:
> > Actually, after leaving a bridge, it seems like the DSA core put the
> > port in STP DISABLED state. Which means it will potentially leave that
> > port with TX disable... Since this TX enable is applying not only on
> > bridge port but also on standalone port, it seems like this also needs
> > to be reenabled in bridge_leave().  
> 
> That's... not true? dsa_port_switchdev_unsync_attrs() has:
> 
> 	/* Port left the bridge, put in BR_STATE_DISABLED by the bridge layer,
> 	 * so allow it to be in BR_STATE_FORWARDING to be kept functional
> 	 */
> 	dsa_port_set_state_now(dp, BR_STATE_FORWARDING, true);
> 
> a dump_stack() could help explain what's going on in your system?

Indeed, I was referring to the messages displayed by the STP setp state
function (br0: port 2(lan1) entered disabled state). But the DSA core
indeed calls the stp_set_state() to enable forwarding which then
reenables the Tx path so I guess we are all good with this series.
Sorry for that.

-- 
Clément Léger,
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineer at Bootlin
https://bootlin.com