drivers/net/dsa/realtek/Makefile | 4 +
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek.h | 47 +
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_l2.c | 547 ++++++++++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_l2.h | 32 +
.../dsa/realtek/{rtl8365mb.c => rtl8365mb_main.c} | 669 ++++++++++++--
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_table.c | 223 +++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_table.h | 134 +++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_vlan.c | 961 +++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_vlan.h | 41 +
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c | 536 ++++++++++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.h | 27 +
11 files changed, 3148 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
This series introduces bridge offloading, FDB management, and VLAN support
for the Realtek rtl8365mb DSA switch driver. The primary goal is to
enable hardware frame forwarding between bridge ports, reducing CPU
overhead and providing advanced features like VLAN and FDB isolation.
Some of these patches are based on original work by Alvin Šipraga,
subsequently adapted and updated for the current net-next state.
---
I attempted to reach Alvin for review of the final version but was
unable to establish contact. Any regressions in this version are my
responsibility.
Changes in v7:
* Patch 2 (DSA helpers):
- switch from dsa_switch_for_each_available_port() to
dsa_switch_for_each_port() in irq_teardown() to properly dispose
of unused ports' mappings.
- reorder the !cpu->enable check in setup() to run before chip
configuration.
- add a detailed comment explaining the limitation of the unsupported
cascading layout.
- expand the commit message to document the pre-existing IRQ handler
guard and the new -EINVAL probe failure mode.
* Patch 5 (VLAN):
- replace br_vlan_get_pvid() with rtl8365mb_vlan_port_get_pvid(), which
uses the HW info directly.
- rename the existing internal static helper to
rtl8365mb_vlan_port_get_pvid_idx() to cleanly export the new PVID
retrieval helper.
- add a logical guard check in rtl8365mb_vlan_pvid_port_add() to prevent
accidental deletion of VLAN MC entries when reconfiguring an identical
PVID.
- removed spurious rtl8365mb_vlan.c.orig file.
* Patch 7 (L2):
- clarify CPU port EFID and assisted learning comment in fdb_add().
- comment that EFID computation in mdb_add/del is for debugging only.
* Patch 8 (bridge flags):
- added missing '\n' in rtl8365mb_port_pre_bridge_flags() dbg message.
- Link to v6: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521-realtek_forward-v6-0-d391bbad38c3@gmail.com
Changes in v6:
* General:
- added missing Reviewed-by tags across the series.
- removed redundant parentheses around the dp macro evaluation ((dp)).
* Patch 1 (err_ptr):
- updated the commit message to document the use of dev_err_probe().
- fixed a minor typo (failed map IRQ -> failed to map IRQ).
* Patch 2 (DSA helpers):
- fixed a space typo (Cascading(DSA link) -> Cascading (DSA link)).
- added a safety check to abort configuration early with -EINVAL
if no upstream (CPU/Link) port is active (!cpu->enable).
- fixed error handling inside port configuration loop that was not
using out_teardown_irq.
* Patch 5 (VLAN):
- added a vlan_lock mutex to protect read-modify-write ops in vlan4k
and vlanMC, used in vlan_port_add/del.
- set framefilter to tagged-only only if vlan filtering is enabled and
PVID is not active (checked both while changing vlan_filtering or
adding a PVID port).
- added rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_get_pvid() helper function.
- added rtl8365mb_vlan_port_get_framefilter() and made
rtl8365mb_vlan_port_set_framefilter() and enum
rtl8365mb_frame_ingress public.
- explicitly reject requests for VLAN 0 with -EOPNOTSUPP.
- fixed string formatting bounds for the vlanMC overflow.
- rtl8365mb_vlan_pvid_port_{add,del} error handling now attempts to
return to the previous PVID state.
- rtl8365mb_vlan_pvid_port_del with vlan NULL (without informing the
VID) is not needed anymore.
- added kdocs to public functions
* Patch 7 (L2):
- removed check for -ENOENT on L2 write as the table access already
returns the expected error.
- increased L2 polling timeout to 10000us, matching the table polling.
- improved l2_{add/del}_mc debug messages while strictly respecting
the 80-column limit.
- if an unexpected dynamic multicast group exists while adding a new
port, promote that group to static.
- improved comment about how HW deletes a multicast group.
- Link to v5: https://patch.msgid.link/20260519-realtek_forward-v5-0-cb9f702c1782@gmail.com
Changes in v5:
* General:
- Removed Alvin from Co-Developed-By and added myself.
* Patch 1 (err_ptr):
- fixed error message on failed IRQ mapping
* Patch 2 (DSA helpers):
- fixed missing irq teardown when DSA link port was detected.
- added missing \n in error message when DSA link port is detected.
* Patch 4 (Table lookup):
- fixed RTL8365MB_TABLE_ADDR_MASK mask
- added a check for busy table access before preparing and issuing
a new command (protecting from a failed previous access)
- increased table timeout from 100us to 10000us
- changed -ENOENT to -ENOSPC when writing to L2 failed
- moved RTL8365MB_TABLE_ENTRY_MAX_SIZE to table.h (as kdoc mentions it)
* Patch 5 (VLAN):
- removed duplicated filtering registers macros
- removed wrong comment on undo_transparent
- forced the removal of a possible PVID state if an added port
is not PVID
- added vlanmc->priority_en to VlanMC reading, although always zero
- use VlanMC member just for tracking ports using PVID and do not
try to keep it in sync with Vlan4k. rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_pvid_members()
is not needed anymore.
- changed rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_port_set signature to receive vid and pvid
instead of the vlan struct to avoid null pointer dereference
* Patch 7 (L2):
- removed addr from rtl8365mb_l2_del_mc when -ENOENT is returned by the table_access as it is undefined (noticed by sashiko)
- added RTL8365MB_L2_TABLE_SIZE and use it instead of RTL8365MB_LEARN_LIMIT_MAX when needed
- extended RTL8365MB_LEARN_LIMIT_MAX comment to cite that the exception RTL8370B might not even be a RTL8367C member
- moved l2_lock init to rtl83xx.c as it is a field in a common struct.
- fixed fdb_dump kdoc, now returning OK when the table is empty
- expaned L2 commit to cite unicast/multicast table key
differences
- Link to v4: https://patch.msgid.link/20260516-realtek_forward-v4-0-8b6d6a1eefdc@gmail.com
Changes in v4:
* General:
- fixed comments/kdoc wording identified by Sashiko.
* Patch 1 (err_prt):
- added missing %pe/ERR_PTR conversion identified by Sashiko.
* Patch 2 (dsa macros):
- reorganize port setup initialization, collecting ports in upports_mask
and downports_mask.
- include a fail fast during setup if DSA links ports are detected.
* Patch 4 (table):
- added missing return value check for regmap_bulk_read in table access
(spotted by Sashiko).
* Patch 5 (vlan):
- added undo steps to rtl8365mb_port_vlan_filtering (noticed by
Sashiko).
- removed residual double max packet configuation (noticed by Sashiko).
- added meteridx and policing_en to rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_read, although
always written as zero in rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_write() (noticed by
Sashiko).
- explicitly comment that VlanMC[0] uses EVID==0 (Sashiko was worried).
- always undo previous PVID setting before applying a new one. It might
exhaust VlanMC entries if the user keeps changing PVID without removing
the port from the previous PVID VLAN (bug detected by Sashiko).
- Fixed a bug where a missing VLAN MC entry during PVID assignment would
return success instead of an error (reportd by Sashiko).
* Patch 6 (bridge join/leave):
- Added error unwinding path (undo isolation and EFID) in
rtl83xx_port_bridge_join (noticed by Sashiko).
* Patch 7 (FDB support):
- added RTL8365MB_L2_ENTRY_SIZE macro.
- fixed RTL8365MB_L2_FLUSH_CTRL2_TYPE_BOTH definition (noticed by
Sashiko).
- removed the union in rtl8365mb_l2_uc_key. Each field is independent
now (bug detected by by Sashiko).
- fixed mc->member calculation. Now it uses bitfield to rebuild the
value (bug detected by Sashiko).
- return mdb_del without errors if entry is missing.
- improve debug messages for l2 operations.
- added comment about ds->assisted_learning_on_cpu_port and
fdb_isolation in the commit message (asked by Sashiko)
- renamed some _MASK macros to _MSK to reduce the name length.
** rtl83xx_port_fdb_dump fixes:
- initialize entry as null (noticed by Sashiko)
- check return of cb() (bugfix reported by Sashiko)
- fix address overflow (noticed by Sashiko)
- Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260506-realtek_forward-v3-0-1d87c5f85a3b@gmail.com
Changes in v3:
- Fixed kernel-doc warnings
- Removed unnecessary defensive checks
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260503-realtek_forward-v2-0-d064e220b391@gmail.com
Changes in v2:
- added patch to use ERR_PTR()
- dropped bitfield patch. Use FIELD_PREP instead. Suggested by Yury
Norov
- tag_rtl8_4 patches were submitted on its own series (already accepted)
- dropped rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_port_{add,del}(). rtl8365mb_vlan_mc_port_set
is now called directly from PVID methods.
- reordered methods in rtl8365mb_vlan.c
- use dsa_switch_for_each_user_port() instead of simple for in bridge
port join/leave
- PVID check now uses dsa_switch_for_each_available_port instead of
dsa_switch_for_each_port
- set EFID of user ports to 0 at setup(), although it is the expected
state after reset
- STP patch was dropped and replaced by a more extensive one that
disables all ports (including unused ones) before setting CPU and user
ports. It also extended the CPU port isolation to include all user
ports.
- refactored bridge, FDB, and MDB port operations into the common
rtl83xx module, introducing new realtek_ops callbacks to abstract the
hardware access
- Collected Reviewed-by and Suggested-by tags
- Link to v1:
https://patch.msgid.link/20260331-realtek_forward-v1-0-44fb63033b7e@gmail.com
To: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
To: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@bang-olufsen.dk>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
To: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---
Alvin Šipraga (6):
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: prepare for multiple source files
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add table lookup interface
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add VLAN support
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add port_bridge_{join,leave}
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add FDB support
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: add bridge port flags
Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca (2):
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: use ERR_PTR
net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: use dsa helpers for port iteration
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/Makefile | 4 +
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek.h | 47 +
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_l2.c | 547 ++++++++++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_l2.h | 32 +
.../dsa/realtek/{rtl8365mb.c => rtl8365mb_main.c} | 669 ++++++++++++--
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_table.c | 223 +++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_table.h | 134 +++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_vlan.c | 961 +++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb_vlan.h | 41 +
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c | 536 ++++++++++++
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.h | 27 +
11 files changed, 3148 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 627ac78f2741e2ebd2225e2e953b6964a8a9182f
change-id: 20260323-realtek_forward-1bac3a77c664
Best regards,
--
Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@gmail.com>
> Changes in v7: > * Patch 2 (DSA helpers): > - switch from dsa_switch_for_each_available_port() to > dsa_switch_for_each_port() in irq_teardown() to properly dispose > of unused ports' mappings. > - reorder the !cpu->enable check in setup() to run before chip > configuration. > - add a detailed comment explaining the limitation of the unsupported > cascading layout. > - expand the commit message to document the pre-existing IRQ handler > guard and the new -EINVAL probe failure mode. > * Patch 5 (VLAN): > - replace br_vlan_get_pvid() with rtl8365mb_vlan_port_get_pvid(), which > uses the HW info directly. > - rename the existing internal static helper to > rtl8365mb_vlan_port_get_pvid_idx() to cleanly export the new PVID > retrieval helper. > - add a logical guard check in rtl8365mb_vlan_pvid_port_add() to prevent > accidental deletion of VLAN MC entries when reconfiguring an identical > PVID. > - removed spurious rtl8365mb_vlan.c.orig file. > * Patch 7 (L2): > - clarify CPU port EFID and assisted learning comment in fdb_add(). > - comment that EFID computation in mdb_add/del is for debugging only. > * Patch 8 (bridge flags): > - added missing '\n' in rtl8365mb_port_pre_bridge_flags() dbg message. > - Link to v6: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521-realtek_forward-v6-0-d391bbad38c3@gmail.com Hello Jakub, I am addressing Sashiko's reviews as soon as they come in. Patches 4 to 7 are almost entirely dedicated to answering Sashiko's comments. In this last cycle, the Gemini model caught two or three genuine bugs, whereas the Opus/Claude model mostly asked for clarifications and started raising broken comments. Gemini also raised a pre-series possible issue that I'll investigate after this series is done. Regards, Luiz
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