[PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: stmmac: convert DMA address to lower 32 before assignment

From: Alex Elder

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 12:45:35 EST


In jumbo_frm() (implemented in both "chain_mode.c" and "ring_mode.c"),
there are places where a DMA descriptor is converted to little-endian
byte order in assignment. The DMA descriptor could be a 64-bit value,
which makes the 32-bit byte swapping operation seem a little sketchy.

Explicitly extract the low-order 32 bits of the dma_addr_t value being
converted into a u32 so it's crystal clear that we're doing the right
thing.

Suggested-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c | 6 +++---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/ring_mode.c | 12 ++++++------
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
index ec25193d287bb..66025e2509e91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,

des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device, skb->data,
buf_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
+ desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2));
if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
return -1;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des2;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,
des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device,
(skb->data + bmax * i),
bmax, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
+ desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2));
if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
return -1;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des2;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,
des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device,
(skb->data + bmax * i), len,
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
+ desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2));
if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
return -1;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des2;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/ring_mode.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/ring_mode.c
index 664d8cfb58cdc..f7949419eb9fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/ring_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/ring_mode.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,

des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device, skb->data, bmax,
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
+ desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2));
if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
return -1;

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].len = bmax;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].is_jumbo = true;

- desc->des3 = cpu_to_le32(des2 + BUF_SIZE_4KiB);
+ desc->des3 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2) + BUF_SIZE_4KiB);
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, desc, 1, bmax, csum,
STMMAC_RING_MODE, 0, false, skb->len);
tx_q->tx_skbuff[entry] = NULL;
@@ -61,27 +61,27 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,

des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device, skb->data + bmax, len,
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
+ desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2));
if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
return -1;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des2;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].len = len;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].is_jumbo = true;

- desc->des3 = cpu_to_le32(des2 + BUF_SIZE_4KiB);
+ desc->des3 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2) + BUF_SIZE_4KiB);
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, desc, 0, len, csum,
STMMAC_RING_MODE, 1, !skb_is_nonlinear(skb),
skb->len);
} else {
des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device, skb->data,
nopaged_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
- desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
+ desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2));
if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
return -1;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des2;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].len = nopaged_len;
tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].is_jumbo = true;
- desc->des3 = cpu_to_le32(des2 + BUF_SIZE_4KiB);
+ desc->des3 = cpu_to_le32(lower_32_bits(des2) + BUF_SIZE_4KiB);
stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, desc, 1, nopaged_len, csum,
STMMAC_RING_MODE, 0, !skb_is_nonlinear(skb),
skb->len);
--
2.53.0