Subject: Re: [net-next,v20,7/7] net: mtip: Extend the L2 switch driver for imx287 with bridge operations

From: Łukasz Majewski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:58:59 +0100

Hi Jakub,

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> net: mtip: Extend the L2 switch driver for imx287 with bridge
> operations
> 
> This patch adds bridge operations support to the MTIP L2 switch
> driver, enabling hardware offloading for packet switching when a
> bridge is created on the switch interfaces.
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw_br.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw_br.c new file mode
> > 100644 index 000000000000..f961b9cc4e6a
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw_br.c  
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +static int mtip_ndev_port_link(struct net_device *ndev,
> > +			       struct net_device *br_ndev,
> > +			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> > +{
> > +	struct mtip_ndev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev),
> > *other_priv;
> > +	struct switch_enet_private *fep = priv->fep;
> > +	struct net_device *other_ndev;
> > +	int err;
> > +
> > +	/* Check if one port of MTIP switch is already bridged */
> > +	if (fep->br_members && !fep->br_offload) {
> > +		/* Get the second bridge ndev */
> > +		other_ndev = fep->ndev[fep->br_members - 1];
> > +		other_priv = netdev_priv(other_ndev);
> > +		if (other_priv->master_dev != br_ndev) {
> > +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> > +					   "L2 offloading only
> > possible for the same bridge!");
> > +			return notifier_from_errno(-EOPNOTSUPP);  
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Should this return -EOPNOTSUPP instead of
> notifier_from_errno(-EOPNOTSUPP)? The caller mtip_netdevice_event()
> already wraps the return value with notifier_from_errno(ret), so
> double-wrapping corrupts the return value.
> 
> Looking at similar drivers like cpsw_new.c (cpsw_netdevice_port_link),
> the pattern is to return raw errno values here and let the event
> handler do the conversion.
> 

Yes, the call to notifier_from_errno() can be removed.

I will fix it with v21.

> > +		}
> > +
> > +		fep->br_offload = 1;
> > +		mtip_switch_dis_port_separation(fep);
> > +		mtip_clear_atable(fep);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (!priv->master_dev)
> > +		priv->master_dev = br_ndev;
> > +
> > +	fep->br_members |= BIT(priv->portnum - 1);
> > +
> > +	err = switchdev_bridge_port_offload(ndev, ndev, NULL,
> > NULL, NULL,
> > +					    false, extack);
> > +	if (err) {
> > +		dev_err(&ndev->dev, "can't offload bridge port %s
> > [err: %d]\n",
> > +			ndev->name, err);
> > +		return err;
> > +	}  
> 
> If switchdev_bridge_port_offload() fails, the state changes made
> earlier in the function (br_offload, br_members, master_dev, and the
> hardware configuration via mtip_switch_dis_port_separation and
> mtip_clear_atable) are not rolled back.
> 
> Looking at cpsw_new.c for reference, it modifies br_members after the
> switchdev call succeeds, avoiding the need for rollback. Could the
> state updates here be reordered to happen after
> switchdev_bridge_port_offload() returns successfully?
> 

I will add to v21:

fep->br_members &= ~BIT(priv->portnum - 1);
priv->master_dev = NULL;

before I return err.

(This "rollback" code was missing).

> [ ... ]
> 
> > +static int mtip_netdevice_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
> > +				unsigned long event, void *ptr)
> > +{  
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +	return notifier_from_errno(ret);
> > +}  
> 
> [ ... ]

-- 
Best regards,

Łukasz Majewski