Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] net: airoha: Move qos_sq_bmap in airoha_qdma struct

From: Lorenzo Bianconi <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 09:54:37 +0200

On May 08, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this
> email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible.
> ---
>     net: airoha: Move qos_sq_bmap in airoha_qdma struct
> 
> The change moves the HTB-offload channel-allocation bitmap from the
> per-netdev airoha_gdm_port to the per-QDMA airoha_qdma, so sibling
> netdevs attached to different QDMA blocks no longer clobber each other's
> bitmap.
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > index 080705e2f58d..69a4c2e0d58b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> > @@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ static int airoha_tc_htb_alloc_leaf_queue(struct net_device *netdev,
> >  	u32 rate = div_u64(opt->rate, 1000) << 3; /* kbps */
> >  	int err, num_tx_queues = netdev->real_num_tx_queues;
> >  	struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > -	struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
> > +	struct airoha_qdma *qdma = dev->qdma;
> >  
> >  	if (opt->parent_classid != TC_HTB_CLASSID_ROOT) {
> >  		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(opt->extack, "invalid parent classid");
> > @@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ static int airoha_tc_htb_alloc_leaf_queue(struct net_device *netdev,
> >  		return err;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	set_bit(channel, port->qos_sq_bmap);
> > +	set_bit(channel, qdma->qos_sq_bmap);
> >  	opt->qid = AIROHA_NUM_TX_RING + channel;
> >  
> >  	return 0;
> 
> [High]
> Now that qos_sq_bmap is per-QDMA, can two sibling netdevs that share the
> same QDMA block collide on allocation?  On EN7581, GDM2/GDM3/GDM4 all
> select the same qdma pointer via:
> 
>     drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c:
>         /* QDMA0 is used for lan ports while QDMA1 is used for WAN ports */
>         dev->qdma = &eth->qdma[!airoha_is_lan_gdm_dev(dev)];
> 
> and airoha_is_lan_gdm_dev() returns true only for port->id == 1, so
> every non-LAN GDM netdev resolves to eth->qdma[1] and shares
> qdma->qos_sq_bmap.
> 
> The allocation path does not test the bit before setting it:
> 
>     channel = TC_H_MIN(opt->classid) % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS;
>     ...
>     set_bit(channel, qdma->qos_sq_bmap);
>     opt->qid = AIROHA_NUM_TX_RING + channel;
> 
> If two sibling netdevs on the same QDMA pick classids whose TC_H_MIN
> maps to the same channel, both airoha_qdma_set_tx_rate_limit() calls
> program the same HW TRTCM egress slot, the later caller silently
> overwrites the earlier configuration, and both netdevs receive the same
> opt->qid.  Should this path use test_and_set_bit() (or similar owner
> tracking) to reject a channel already owned by a sibling netdev?

ack, I think we should move qos_sq_bmap in airoha_gdm_dev struct and track if a
shared qdma qos channel is already in use. I will fix it in v5.

> 
> > @@ -2811,11 +2811,11 @@ static int airoha_dev_setup_tc_block(struct net_device *dev,
> >  static void airoha_tc_remove_htb_queue(struct net_device *netdev, int queue)
> >  {
> >  	struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > -	struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
> > +	struct airoha_qdma *qdma = dev->qdma;
> >  
> >  	netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(netdev, netdev->real_num_tx_queues - 1);
> >  	airoha_qdma_set_tx_rate_limit(netdev, queue + 1, 0, 0);
> > -	clear_bit(queue, port->qos_sq_bmap);
> > +	clear_bit(queue, qdma->qos_sq_bmap);
> >  }
> 
> [High]
> airoha_tc_remove_htb_queue() operates unconditionally on the caller's
> netdev but clears a bit that may be owned by a sibling netdev on the
> same QDMA.  The effects that follow look like cross-netdev interference:
> 
>   - netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(netdev, real_num_tx_queues - 1)
>     decrements the caller's tx-queue count for a queue it never
>     allocated, and its return value is discarded (eventually the txq<1
>     EINVAL guard in netif_set_real_num_tx_queues() will trip silently).
> 
>   - airoha_qdma_set_tx_rate_limit(netdev, queue + 1, 0, 0) zeros the
>     egress TRTCM rate-limit registers for a channel that the sibling
>     netdev still considers active.
> 
>   - clear_bit(queue, qdma->qos_sq_bmap) then hides the channel from the
>     legitimate owner's later test_bit() checks.

This issue will be fixed by the change described above. I will fix it in v5.

> 
> > @@ -2838,10 +2838,10 @@ static int airoha_tc_htb_delete_leaf_queue(struct net_device *netdev,
> >  static int airoha_tc_htb_destroy(struct net_device *netdev)
> >  {
> >  	struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > -	struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
> > +	struct airoha_qdma *qdma = dev->qdma;
> >  	int q;
> >  
> > -	for_each_set_bit(q, port->qos_sq_bmap, AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS)
> > +	for_each_set_bit(q, qdma->qos_sq_bmap, AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS)
> >  		airoha_tc_remove_htb_queue(netdev, q);
> >  
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> 
> [High]
> Does airoha_tc_htb_destroy() now walk bits owned by sibling netdevs?
> The iteration no longer filters by owning netdev:
> 
>     for_each_set_bit(q, qdma->qos_sq_bmap, AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS)
>         airoha_tc_remove_htb_queue(netdev, q);
> 
> Previously each netdev had a private bitmap, so destroy could only
> touch its own channels.  After this change, tearing down HTB on one
> GDM netdev appears to remove channels and clear rate-limit HW state
> belonging to every sibling GDM netdev on the same QDMA.  A subsequent
> tc-htb delete or get on the legitimate owner then hits:
> 
>     if (!test_bit(channel, qdma->qos_sq_bmap)) {
>         NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(opt->extack, "invalid queue id");
>         return -EINVAL;
>     }
> 
> Should the bitmap track the owning netdev alongside the bit (for
> example a per-channel owner pointer, or a per-netdev sub-bitmap inside
> airoha_qdma), so that destroy/delete can only touch channels owned by
> the caller?

This issue will be fixed by the change described above. I will fix it in v5.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> > @@ -2852,9 +2852,9 @@ static int airoha_tc_get_htb_get_leaf_queue(struct net_device *netdev,
> >  {
> >  	u32 channel = TC_H_MIN(opt->classid) % AIROHA_NUM_QOS_CHANNELS;
> >  	struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
> > -	struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
> > +	struct airoha_qdma *qdma = dev->qdma;
> >  
> > -	if (!test_bit(channel, port->qos_sq_bmap)) {
> > +	if (!test_bit(channel, qdma->qos_sq_bmap)) {
> >  		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(opt->extack, "invalid queue id");
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  	}