From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: ag71xx: align the IP header behind DSA tags
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 10:44:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261007174449.671416-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
The receive buffer offset includes NET_IP_ALIGN to get the IP header
aligned behind a 14 byte Ethernet header. Most ag71xx devices use DSA
switches whose tag sits in front of the EtherType, which moves the IP
header by another 2 bytes. Every access to the IP and TCP headers then
traps and gets emulated by the unaligned access handler, around 6 times
per forwarded frame.
Take the headroom needed by the DSA tagger into account when choosing
the offset.
TP-Link Archer C7 v2 (qca8k), median of 3 runs, Mbit/s:
before after
routed up 743 855
routed down 660 749
local receive 554 572
The unaligned instruction counter no longer moves while forwarding.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
index 8a3c689f6825..414d26118d15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ag71xx.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <linux/reset.h>
#include <linux/clk.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <net/dsa.h>
#include <net/selftests.h>
#define AG71XX_OOM_REFILL (1 + HZ / 10)
@@ -1396,6 +1397,24 @@ static void ag71xx_hw_disable(struct ag71xx *ag)
ag71xx_rings_cleanup(ag);
}
+static unsigned int ag71xx_rx_offset(struct ag71xx *ag)
+{
+ unsigned int align = NET_IP_ALIGN;
+
+ if (ag71xx_is(ag, AR7100) || ag71xx_is(ag, AR9130))
+ return NET_SKB_PAD;
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_DSA)
+ /* A tag inserted in front of the EtherType shifts the IP header,
+ * compensate for it to avoid unaligned accesses in the stack.
+ */
+ if (netdev_uses_dsa(ag->ndev))
+ align = (align - ag->ndev->dsa_ptr->tag_ops->needed_headroom) & 3;
+#endif
+
+ return NET_SKB_PAD + align;
+}
+
static int ag71xx_open(struct net_device *ndev)
{
struct ag71xx *ag = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -1410,6 +1429,7 @@ static int ag71xx_open(struct net_device *ndev)
}
max_frame_len = ag71xx_max_frame_len(ndev->mtu);
+ ag->rx_buf_offset = ag71xx_rx_offset(ag);
ag->rx_buf_size =
SKB_DATA_ALIGN(max_frame_len + NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN);
@@ -1874,10 +1894,6 @@ static int ag71xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->min_mtu = 68;
ndev->max_mtu = dcfg->max_frame_len - ag71xx_max_frame_len(0);
- ag->rx_buf_offset = NET_SKB_PAD;
- if (!ag71xx_is(ag, AR7100) && !ag71xx_is(ag, AR9130))
- ag->rx_buf_offset += NET_IP_ALIGN;
-
if (ag71xx_is(ag, AR7100)) {
ag->tx_ring.desc_split = AG71XX_TX_RING_SPLIT;
tx_size *= AG71XX_TX_RING_DS_PER_PKT;
--
2.56.0
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