netdev - RE: [PATCH net 4/5] net: wangxun: change NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG

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Message-ID: <057001da96dd$44b592a0$ce20b7e0$@trustnetic.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:53:24 +0800
From: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
To: "'Simon Horman'" <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>,
	<pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	<andrew@...n.ch>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>,
	<duanqiangwen@...-swift.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 4/5] net: wangxun: change NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_* to fixed features

On Fri, April 19, 2024 2:59 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 02:29:51PM +0800, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> > Because the hardware doesn't support the configuration of VLAN STAG,
> > remove NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_* in netdev->features, and set their state
> > to be consistent with NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_*.
> >
> > Fixes: 6670f1ece2c8 ("net: txgbe: Add netdev features support")
> > Signed-off-by: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
> 
> Hi Jiawen Wu,
> 
> I am having trouble reconciling "hardware doesn't support the configuration
> of VLAN STAG" with both "set their state to be consistent with
> NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_*" and the code changes.
> 
> Is the problem here not that VLAN STAGs aren't supported by
> the HW, but rather that the HW requires that corresponding
> CTAG and STAG configuration always matches?
> 
> I.e, the HW requires:
> 
>   f & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER == f & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_FILTER
>   f & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX     == f & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_RX
>   f & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX     == f & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX
> 
> If so, I wonder if only the wx_fix_features() portion of
> this patch is required.

You are right. I need to set their state to be consistent in wx_fix_features(),
this patch is missing the case when STAG changes.