Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 21/23] net: dsa: add tagging driver for MaxLinear GSW1xx switch family

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Aug 16 2025 - 17:10:00 EST


> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_GSWIP) += tag_gswip.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_HELLCREEK) += tag_hellcreek.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_KSZ) += tag_ksz.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_LAN9303) += tag_lan9303.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_MXL_GSW1XX) += tag_mxl-gsw1xx.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_MTK) += tag_mtk.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_NONE) += tag_none.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_OCELOT) += tag_ocelot.o

DSA is not particularly good at sorting, many lists are not.
But this list is sorted, and MX > MT.

> +static struct sk_buff *gsw1xx_tag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> + struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_user_to_port(dev);
> + u8 *gsw1xx_tag;
> +
> + if (!skb)
> + return skb;

Can that happen?

> + /* provide additional space 'GSW1XX_TX_HEADER_LEN' bytes */
> + skb_push(skb, GSW1XX_TX_HEADER_LEN);
> +
> + /* add space between MAC address and Ethertype */
> + memmove(skb->data, skb->data + GSW1XX_TX_HEADER_LEN, 2 * ETH_ALEN);

dsa_alloc_etype_header() seems appropriate here.

> +
> + /* special tag ingress */
> + gsw1xx_tag = skb->data + 2 * ETH_ALEN;

and dsa_etype_header_pos_tx().

> + gsw1xx_tag[0] = 0x88;
> + gsw1xx_tag[1] = 0xc3;
> + gsw1xx_tag[2] = GSW1XX_TX_PORT_MAP_EN | GSW1XX_TX_LRN_DIS;
> + gsw1xx_tag[3] = BIT(dp->index + GSW1XX_TX_PORT_MAP_LOW_SHIFT) & GSW1XX_TX_PORT_MAP_LOW_MASK;
> + gsw1xx_tag[4] = 0;
> + gsw1xx_tag[5] = 0;
> + gsw1xx_tag[6] = 0;
> + gsw1xx_tag[7] = 0;
> +
> + return skb;
> +}
> +
> +static struct sk_buff *gsw1xx_tag_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
> + struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + int port;
> + u8 *gsw1xx_tag;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, GSW1XX_RX_HEADER_LEN))) {
> + dev_warn_ratelimited(&dev->dev, "Dropping packet, cannot pull SKB\n");
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + gsw1xx_tag = skb->data - 2;

dsa_etype_header_pos_rx()

> + if (gsw1xx_tag[0] != 0x88 && gsw1xx_tag[1] != 0xc3) {
> + dev_warn_ratelimited(&dev->dev, "Dropping packet due to invalid special tag\n");
> + dev_warn_ratelimited(&dev->dev,
> + "Tag: 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x\n",
> + gsw1xx_tag[0], gsw1xx_tag[1], gsw1xx_tag[2], gsw1xx_tag[3],
> + gsw1xx_tag[4], gsw1xx_tag[5], gsw1xx_tag[6], gsw1xx_tag[7]);
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + /* Get source port information */
> + port = (gsw1xx_tag[2] & GSW1XX_RX_PORT_MAP_LOW_MASK) >> GSW1XX_RX_PORT_MAP_LOW_SHIFT;
> + skb->dev = dsa_conduit_find_user(dev, 0, port);
> + if (!skb->dev) {
> + dev_warn_ratelimited(&dev->dev, "Dropping packet due to invalid source port\n");
> + dev_warn_ratelimited(&dev->dev,
> + "Tag: 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x, 0x%x\n",
> + gsw1xx_tag[0], gsw1xx_tag[1], gsw1xx_tag[2], gsw1xx_tag[3],
> + gsw1xx_tag[4], gsw1xx_tag[5], gsw1xx_tag[6], gsw1xx_tag[7]);
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + /* remove the GSW1xx special tag between MAC addresses and the current ethertype field. */
> + skb_pull_rcsum(skb, GSW1XX_RX_HEADER_LEN);
> + memmove(skb->data - ETH_HLEN, skb->data - (ETH_HLEN + GSW1XX_RX_HEADER_LEN), 2 * ETH_ALEN);

dsa_strip_etype_header() might also be useful here.

Andrew

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