[PATCH iwl-net v3 2/2] ice: preserve uplink DFLT Rx rule on switchdev release

From: Petr Oros

Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 10:04:32 EST


When the uplink PF is promiscuous, ice_vsi_sync_fltr() installs an
ICE_SW_LKUP_DFLT catch-all Rx rule on the uplink VSI. Entering switchdev
re-affirms it through the idempotent ice_set_dflt_vsi(), but
ice_eswitch_release_env() removed both the Rx and Tx DFLT rules
unconditionally on teardown. That clobbered a promisc-owned Rx rule: it
disappeared while IFF_PROMISC was still set and the sync path was not
retriggered, leaving the uplink without the catch-all the netdev
requested.

Skip the Rx DFLT removal when the uplink is promiscuous, both in
ice_eswitch_release_env() and the err_def_tx unwind of
ice_eswitch_setup_env(); the Tx leg, owned by switchdev, is still removed.
Test the live netdev->flags, the same value ena_rx_filtering() ->
ice_cfg_vlan_pruning() above already keys on, so the preserved rule and
the pruning state stay consistent, including for a promisc change made
while switchdev ran (which never reached the gated filter sync).

Fixes: 5c07be96d8b3 ("ice: Avoid setting default Rx VSI twice in switchdev setup")
Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Corrected the Fixes tag from 1a1c40df2e80 ("ice: set and release
switchdev environment") to 5c07be96d8b3 ("ice: Avoid setting default
Rx VSI twice in switchdev setup"), the commit that made
ice_eswitch_setup_env() use the idempotent ice_set_dflt_vsi(); before
it a pre-existing promisc DFLT rule made setup fail with -EEXIST so the
release path was never reached. No code change.

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260622113428.2565255-3-poros@xxxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/deef5756e534ef06c12d910c5305d3fd205d30a0.1781786935.git.poros@xxxxxxxxxx/
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
index c30e27bbfe6e25..07e2016fb9481f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ static int ice_eswitch_setup_env(struct ice_pf *pf)
ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, false,
ICE_FLTR_TX);
err_def_tx:
- ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, false,
- ICE_FLTR_RX);
+ /* keep the Rx DFLT rule if the uplink is promiscuous (see release_env) */
+ if (!(uplink_vsi->netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC))
+ ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx,
+ false, ICE_FLTR_RX);
err_def_rx:
ice_vsi_del_vlan_zero(uplink_vsi);
err_vlan_zero:
@@ -276,8 +278,16 @@ static void ice_eswitch_release_env(struct ice_pf *pf)
vlan_ops->ena_rx_filtering(uplink_vsi);
ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, false,
ICE_FLTR_TX);
- ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, false,
- ICE_FLTR_RX);
+
+ /* Keep the Rx DFLT rule if the uplink is promiscuous; it must outlive
+ * the session. Test the live netdev->flags, the same value
+ * ena_rx_filtering() -> ice_cfg_vlan_pruning() above keys its decision
+ * on, so the preserved DFLT rule and the pruning state stay consistent.
+ */
+ if (!(uplink_vsi->netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC))
+ ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx,
+ false, ICE_FLTR_RX);
+
ice_fltr_add_mac_and_broadcast(uplink_vsi,
uplink_vsi->port_info->mac.perm_addr,
ICE_FWD_TO_VSI);
--
2.54.0