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Date:   Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:34:53 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Xiaoliang Yang <xiaoliang.yang_1@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: enetc: fix MAC Merge layer remaining enabled until a link down event

Current enetc_set_mm() is designed to set the priv->active_offloads bit
ENETC_F_QBU for enetc_mm_link_state_update() to act on, but if the link
is already up, it modifies the ENETC_MMCSR_ME ("Merge Enable") bit
directly.

The problem is that it only *sets* ENETC_MMCSR_ME if the link is up, it
doesn't *clear* it if needed. So subsequent enetc_get_mm() calls still
see tx-enabled as true, up until a link down event, which is when
enetc_mm_link_state_update() will get called.

This is not a functional issue as far as I can assess. It has only come
up because I'd like to uphold a simple API rule in core ethtool code:
the pMAC cannot be disabled if TX is going to be enabled. Currently,
the fact that TX remains enabled for longer than expected (after the
enetc_set_mm() call that disables it) is going to violate that rule,
which is how it was caught.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_ethtool.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_ethtool.c
index 838750a03cf6..ee1ea71fe79e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_ethtool.c
@@ -1041,10 +1041,13 @@ static int enetc_set_mm(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_mm_cfg *cfg,
 	else
 		priv->active_offloads &= ~ENETC_F_QBU;

-	/* If link is up, enable MAC Merge right away */
-	if (!!(priv->active_offloads & ENETC_F_QBU) &&
-	    !(val & ENETC_MMCSR_LINK_FAIL))
-		val |= ENETC_MMCSR_ME;
+	/* If link is up, enable/disable MAC Merge right away */
+	if (!(val & ENETC_MMCSR_LINK_FAIL)) {
+		if (!!(priv->active_offloads & ENETC_F_QBU))
+			val |= ENETC_MMCSR_ME;
+		else
+			val &= ~ENETC_MMCSR_ME;
+	}

 	val &= ~ENETC_MMCSR_VT_MASK;
 	val |= ENETC_MMCSR_VT(cfg->verify_time);
-- 
2.34.1