netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: convert caps in mtk_soc

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Message-ID: <ZIhAh2mzrYHOq2v1@lore-desk>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:10:15 +0200
From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@...hat.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
	Mark Lee <Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com>,
	Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>, John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Sam Shih <Sam.Shih@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/8] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: convert caps in
 mtk_soc_data struct to u64

> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 01:39:48AM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> > From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
> > 
> > This is a preliminary patch to introduce support for MT7988 SoC.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
> 
> At some point, I'd really like to unpick this and see whether there's a
> better structure to it - so that mac_config() doesn't have to save the
> syscfg0 value, and restore it in mac_finish(). Given that syscfg0 is a
> shared register, are we sure the code that updates this register is safe
> from races caused by two MACs going through the config progress in two
> separate CPUs at the same time?

Agree, this seems a bit racy. However it does not seem related to this patch.
I would say we can address it with a follow-up patch.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> Is there anything which prevents two or more MACs wanting to mess with
> the contents of the SYSCFG0_SGMII_MASK bits? It's difficult to tell with
> the current code.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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