Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: xilinx: axienet: Always disable promiscuous mode

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:17:44 +0100

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 11:14:41AM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> On 8/15/24 10:58, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 04:04:34PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> >> If prmiscuous mode is disabled when there are fewer than four multicast
> >> addresses, then it will to be reflected in the hardware. Fix this by
> >> always clearing the promiscuous mode flag even when we program multicast
> >> addresses.
> >> 
> >> Fixes: 8a3b7a252dca ("drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx: added Xilinx AXI Ethernet driver")
> >> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <[email-masked]>
> >> ---
> >> 
> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 4 ++++
> >>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> >> index ca04c298daa2..e664611c29cf 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> >> @@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ static void axienet_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *ndev)
> >>  	} else if (!netdev_mc_empty(ndev)) {
> >>  		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
> >>  
> >> +		reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET);
> >> +		reg &= ~XAE_FMI_PM_MASK;
> >> +		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
> >> +
> > 
> > Hi Sean,
> > 
> > I notice that this replicates code in another part of this function.
> > And that is then factored out into common code as part of the last
> > patch of this series.
> > 
> > I guess that it is in the wash, but perhaps it would
> > be nicer to factor out the common promisc mode setting code
> > as part of this patch.
> > 
> > Otherwise, this LGTM.
> 
> I thought about doing that, but it would have required changing the
> indentation of ~10 lines and I thought it would be easier to review
> the patch without that noise.

Sure, I was also wrestling with that in my mind.
I think we can stick with what you have :)

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>