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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 1/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Support running selftests on DSA conduits
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:45:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915084530.75251-1-pabeni@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911212028.1497613-2-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
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net: stmmac: selftests: Support running selftests on DSA conduits
The patch wraps the selftests' dev_add_pack()/dev_remove_pack() calls in
new stmmac_sft_add_pack()/stmmac_sft_remove_pack() helpers. When the
interface is a DSA conduit, an ETH_P_ALL packet_type is registered instead
and a proxy handler, stmmac_sft_filter(), compares the ethernet header's
h_proto before forwarding a clone to the original validator.
A few questions below, one on the commit message and three on the code.
> The ARP offload's packet handler is left alone, this feature is just not
> implemented in stmmac and due for removal.
[Severity: Medium]
Is this description accurate? ARP offload does look implemented in two
places:
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c:
static void dwmac4_set_arp_offload(struct mac_device_info *hw, bool en,
u32 addr)
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c:
static void dwxgmac2_set_arp_offload(struct mac_device_info *hw, bool en,
u32 addr)
dwmac4_set_arp_offload() is wired into dwmac4_ops, dwmac410_ops and
dwmac510_ops, and dwxgmac2_set_arp_offload() into dwxgmac210_ops and
dwxlgmac2_ops.
stmmac_test_arpoffload() only bails out early with:
if (!priv->dma_cap.arpoffsel)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
so on those cores with arpoffsel set the test really runs, and it is still
listed in stmmac_selftests as "ARP Offload". Since it keeps the raw
dev_add_pack(&tpriv->pt) with pt.type = htons(ETH_P_ARP), does it still
report a spurious failure in ethtool -t on a DSA conduit, for the same
ETH_P_XDSA reason this patch fixes elsewhere? Would switching that pair to
stmmac_sft_add_pack()/stmmac_sft_remove_pack() cover it as well?
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
> index 6372ec7c3f317..6503678b646ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -237,6 +238,9 @@ struct stmmac_test_priv {
> struct stmmac_packet_attrs *packet;
> struct packet_type pt;
> struct completion comp;
> + __be16 packet_type;
> + int (*func)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev,
> + struct packet_type *pt, struct net_device *orig_ndev);
> int double_vlan;
> int vlan_id;
> int ok;
[ ... ]
> @@ -316,6 +320,50 @@ static int stmmac_test_loopback_validate(struct sk_buff *skb,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int stmmac_sft_filter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev,
> + struct packet_type *pt,
> + struct net_device *orig_ndev)
> +{
> + struct stmmac_test_priv *tpriv = pt->af_packet_priv;
> + struct ethhdr *hdr = eth_hdr(skb);
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + if (hdr->h_proto == tpriv->packet_type) {
> + struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +
> + if (nskb)
> + ret = tpriv->func(nskb, ndev, pt, orig_ndev);
> + }
[Severity: Medium]
This compares the on-wire ethertype against the value the test registered
in pt.type, but for the VLAN tests pt.type is the protocol *after* the tag
has been removed:
__stmmac_test_vlanfilt() pt.type = htons(ETH_P_IP), frame is 802.1Q
__stmmac_test_dvlanfilt() pt.type = htons(ETH_P_8021Q), outer tag is
ETH_P_8021AD
stmmac_test_vlanoff_common() pt.type = ETH_P_IP or ETH_P_8021Q
On a normal interface the core removes the tag before the taps run:
net/core/dev.c:__netif_receive_skb_core() {
...
if (eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol)) {
skb = skb_vlan_untag(skb);
...
list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, &skb->dev->ptype_all, list) {
...
}
but on a DSA conduit skb->protocol is ETH_P_XDSA, so eth_type_vlan() is
false and no untagging happens there. Doesn't that leave the driver as the
only tag remover, and isn't that conditional?
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c:stmmac_rx_vlan() {
if ((vlan_proto == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) &&
dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) ||
(vlan_proto == htons(ETH_P_8021AD) &&
dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_RX)) {
...
}
NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX is placed in hw_features on xmac cores, so it is
user-toggleable. After "ethtool -K <conduit> rxvlan off", or with
CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q disabled where neither feature nor hw_vlan_en is ever
set, the frame should reach the filter with h_proto == 0x8100, the
comparison against ETH_P_IP fails, the frame is freed here and the C-VLAN
tests time out. Would matching on the inner protocol (or skipping any
VLAN tags before the comparison) be more robust?
> +
> + kfree_skb(skb);
> + return ret;
> +}
[Severity: Medium]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but the validators reached from
here derive header offsets from the received IPv4 ihl field while only
checking for 33 linear bytes:
stmmac_test_loopback_validate() {
...
if (skb_headlen(skb) < (STMMAC_TEST_PKT_SIZE - ETH_HLEN))
goto out;
...
uhdr = (struct udphdr *)((u8 *)ihdr + 4 * ihdr->ihl);
...
shdr = (struct stmmachdr *)((u8 *)uhdr + sizeof(*uhdr));
...
if (shdr->magic != cpu_to_be64(STMMAC_TEST_PKT_MAGIC))
...
}
With ihl == 15 the shdr->magic read lands roughly 90 bytes past the checked
bound. The same pattern exists in stmmac_test_vlan_validate(). This was
already reachable before the patch through the ETH_P_IP ptype registration
on priv->dev, and the read stays inside the RX buffer, so the practical
effect is stale bytes and possibly a wrong verdict. Since the new
ETH_P_ALL tap widens the set of frames that get here, would it be
reasonable to add a length check on the derived offsets along with it?
> +
> +static void stmmac_sft_add_pack(struct packet_type *pt)
> +{
> + struct stmmac_test_priv *tpriv = pt->af_packet_priv;
> +
> + if (netdev_uses_dsa(tpriv->pt.dev)) {
> + tpriv->packet_type = tpriv->pt.type;
> + tpriv->func = tpriv->pt.func;
> +
> + /* DSA conduit will report ETH_P_XDSA, so our packet handler
> + * won't match. Let's register a ETH_P_ALL match and filter
> + * manually in stmmac_sft_filter.
> + */
> + tpriv->pt.type = htons(ETH_P_ALL);
> + tpriv->pt.func = stmmac_sft_filter;
> + tpriv->pt.ignore_outgoing = true;
> + }
> +
> + dev_add_pack(pt);
> +}
> +
> +static void stmmac_sft_remove_pack(struct packet_type *pt)
> +{
> + dev_remove_pack(pt);
> +}
> +
> static int __stmmac_test_loopback(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
> struct stmmac_packet_attrs *attr)
> {
[ ... ]
> @@ -928,7 +976,7 @@ static int __stmmac_test_vlanfilt(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
> * HASH values.
> */
> tpriv->vlan_id = 0x123;
> - dev_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
> + stmmac_sft_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
>
> ret = vlan_vid_add(priv->dev, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), tpriv->vlan_id);
> if (ret)
[Severity: High]
Can an incoming frame from the switch oops here? The handler is now
installed as an ETH_P_ALL tap while attr.dst is still NULL:
__stmmac_test_vlanfilt() {
struct stmmac_packet_attrs attr = { };
...
tpriv->packet = &attr;
tpriv->vlan_id = 0x123;
stmmac_sft_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
ret = vlan_vid_add(priv->dev, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), tpriv->vlan_id);
...
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
...
attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;
and the VLAN validator dereferences packet->dst without a NULL check,
unlike stmmac_test_loopback_validate() which guards it with "if (dst)":
stmmac_test_vlan_validate() {
...
if (tpriv->vlan_id) {
if (skb->vlan_proto != htons(proto))
goto out;
if (skb->vlan_tci != tpriv->vlan_id) {
...
ehdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
if (!ether_addr_equal_unaligned(ehdr->h_dest, tpriv->packet->dst))
...
}
The ETH_P_ALL tap runs before the core's __vlan_hwaccel_clear_tag(), so a
received IPv4 frame that stmmac_rx_vlan() stripped into the hwaccel fields
with vlan_proto == ETH_P_8021Q and vlan_tci == 0x123 passes the h_proto
check in stmmac_sft_filter(), passes the vlan_proto/vlan_tci checks, and
then calls ether_addr_equal_unaligned(ehdr->h_dest, NULL).
Before the patch the core cleared the hwaccel tag before ETH_P_IP ptype
dispatch, so foreign frames were rejected by the vlan_proto check and this
window was not reachable from the wire. Would setting attr.dst before
stmmac_sft_add_pack(), or adding a NULL guard in the validator, close it?
> @@ -1022,7 +1070,7 @@ static int __stmmac_test_dvlanfilt(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
> * HASH values.
> */
> tpriv->vlan_id = 0x123;
> - dev_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
> + stmmac_sft_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
>
> ret = vlan_vid_add(priv->dev, htons(ETH_P_8021AD), tpriv->vlan_id);
> if (ret)
[ ... ]
> @@ -1293,7 +1341,7 @@ static int stmmac_test_vlanoff_common(struct stmmac_priv *priv, bool svlan)
> tpriv->pt.af_packet_priv = tpriv;
> tpriv->packet = &attr;
> tpriv->vlan_id = 0x123;
> - dev_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
> + stmmac_sft_add_pack(&tpriv->pt);
>
> ret = vlan_vid_add(priv->dev, htons(proto), tpriv->vlan_id);
> if (ret)
[Severity: High]
Same ordering as __stmmac_test_vlanfilt() here: the tap is registered, then
vlan_vid_add() runs, and only afterwards does the function do
"attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;", so tpriv->packet->dst is NULL for the
whole window.
[ ... ]
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-15 8:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 21:20 [PATCH net v3 0/6] net: stmmac: More selftest-related fixes Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-11 21:20 ` [PATCH net v3 1/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Support running selftests on DSA conduits Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-15 8:45 ` Paolo Abeni [this message]
2026-09-15 9:22 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-11 21:20 ` [PATCH net v3 2/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Validate EEE based on the actual LPI timer value Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-11 21:20 ` [PATCH net v3 3/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Check the dev->features for S-TAG offload testing Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-11 21:20 ` [PATCH net v3 4/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Capture all packets for vlan checks Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-15 8:45 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-15 11:54 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-11 21:20 ` [PATCH net v3 5/6] net: stmmac: size the RX buffers from the frame length, not the MTU Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-15 8:45 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-11 21:20 ` [PATCH net v3 6/6] net: stmmac: selftests: Account for alignment shift on dwmac1000 for Jumbo test Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-15 8:50 ` [PATCH net v3 0/6] net: stmmac: More selftest-related fixes Paolo Abeni
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