RE: [PATCH net-next v4 5/8] r8152: add rtl8157_unload and rtl8157_change_mtu

From: Chih Kai Hsu

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 01:49:34 EST


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> - [Medium] Commit message / Fixes: tag mismatch for a substantive
> hardware-programming correction.
>
> --
>
> r8152: add rtl8157_unload and rtl8157_change_mtu
>
> Adds rtl8157_unload(), which uses r8157_power_cut_en() plus the Interrupt
> Mitigation disable that rtl8153_unload() previously gated on "tp->version >=
> RTL_VER_16", and rtl8157_change_mtu(), which scales PLA_MTPS from the
> configured MTU. Both are wired to RTL8157 and RTL8159 through ops->unload
> and ops->change_mtu.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c index
> > d30031dbf2d38..f44dcb88b5c6a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
> > @@ -7004,6 +7004,28 @@ static void rtl8156_down(struct r8152 *tp)
> > r8153_aldps_en(tp, true);
> > }
> >
> > +static void rtl8157_change_mtu(struct r8152 *tp) {
> > + u32 max_pkt_size = mtu_to_size(tp->netdev->mtu);
> > + u32 ocp_data;
> > +
> > + ocp_write_word(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, PLA_RMS, max_pkt_size);
> > +
> > + /* Use at least 10K for MTPS */
> > + ocp_data = max_t(u32, max_pkt_size, 10 * 1024) / 64;
> > +
> > + /* 16 * 1024 / 64 = 0x100, so the max is 0xff for 8 bits data */
> > + ocp_data = min_t(u32, ocp_data, 0xff);
> > +
> > + ocp_write_byte(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, PLA_MTPS, ocp_data);
> > + r8156_fc_parameter(tp);
> > +
> > + /* TX share fifo free credit full threshold */
> > + ocp_write_word(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, PLA_TXFIFO_CTRL, 512 / 64);
> > + ocp_write_word(tp, MCU_TYPE_PLA, PLA_TXFIFO_FULL,
> > + ALIGN(max_pkt_size + tp->tx_desc.size, 1024) /
> > +16); }
> > +
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -10151,11 +10173,6 @@ static void rtl8153_unload(struct r8152 *tp)
> > return;
> >
> > r8153_power_cut_en(tp, false);
> > -
> > - if (tp->version >= RTL_VER_16) {
> > - /* Disable Interrupt Mitigation */
> > - ocp_byte_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, 0xcf04, BIT(0) | BIT(1)
> | BIT(2) | BIT(7));
> > - }
> > }
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > +static void rtl8157_unload(struct r8152 *tp) {
> > + if (test_bit(RTL8152_INACCESSIBLE, &tp->flags))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + r8157_power_cut_en(tp, false);
> > + ocp_byte_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, 0xcf04,
> > + BIT(0) | BIT(1) | BIT(2) | BIT(7)); }
>
> [ ... ]
>
> > @@ -10344,13 +10371,13 @@ static int rtl_ops_init(struct r8152 *tp)
> > ops->disable = rtl8153_disable;
> > ops->up = rtl8157_up;
> > ops->down = rtl8157_down;
> > - ops->unload = rtl8153_unload;
> > + ops->unload = rtl8157_unload;
> > ops->eee_get = r8153_get_eee;
> > ops->eee_set = r8152_set_eee;
> > ops->in_nway = rtl8153_in_nway;
> > ops->hw_phy_cfg = r8157_hw_phy_cfg;
> > ops->autosuspend_en = rtl8157_runtime_enable;
> > - ops->change_mtu = rtl8156_change_mtu;
> > + ops->change_mtu = rtl8157_change_mtu;
> > tp->rx_buf_sz = 32 * 1024;
> > tp->support_2500full = 1;
> > tp->support_5000full = 1;
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> The subject and changelog read as purely additive, but the two ops rewirings
> here (and the identical pair in the RTL_VER_17_QFN68 and
> RTL_VER_17_QFN100 branches further down) change register programming for
> hardware that is already supported in released kernels. Would a Fixes:
> tag and a note about the user-visible symptom help here, at least
> fd3c7d080df5 ("r8152: Add support for the RTL8157 hardware") plus the
> RTL8159 support commit?

Ok, I will append a Fixes: tag.

>
> Two concrete deltas, first the power-cut sequence. rtl8153_unload() used:
>
> r8153_power_cut_en(tp, false)
> ocp_word_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_POWER_CUT,
> PWR_EN | PHASE2_EN);
> ocp_word_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_MISC_0,
> PCUT_STATUS);
>
> while rtl8157_unload() now uses:
>
> r8157_power_cut_en(tp, false)
> ocp_word_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_POWER_CUT,
> PWR_EN);
> ocp_word_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_MISC_0,
> PCUT_STATUS);
> ocp_byte_clr_bits(tp, MCU_TYPE_USB, USB_MISC_2, BIT(1));
>
> So PHASE2_EN is now left set and USB_MISC_2 BIT(1) is now cleared. These
> writes really execute on unbind, since rtl8152_disconnect() calls
> rtl_set_unplug() first but rtl_set_unplug() only sets RTL8152_INACCESSIBLE
> when tp->udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED, and they also execute on
> the probe error path. Was the old sequence leaving the device in a bad state
> after power-cut or resume?

RTL8157/RTL8159 have a dedicated power-cut function

>
> Second, PLA_MTPS at the default MTU. rtl8156_change_mtu() wrote
> MTPS_JUMBO (12 * 1024 / 64 = 192) unconditionally, while
> rtl8157_change_mtu() writes max_t(u32, mtu_to_size(1500), 10 * 1024) / 64 =
> 160 for a 1500 byte MTU. Every RTL8157/RTL8159 user therefore gets a
> different TX threshold after this patch, both from
> rtl8157_up() -> rtl8157_change_mtu() and from ndo_change_mtu. Is that
> intentional for existing setups, and is it something that should be backported?

Yes, it's intentional. MTPS is from 10k to 16k, so using a fixed 12k is also acceptable
for RTL8157/RTL8159.

>
> Also on the changelog wording:
>
> and an MTPS scaled from the configured MTU (10K-16K, max_pkt_size /
> 64 capped at 0xff) instead of a fixed MTPS_JUMBO/MTPS_DEFAULT.
>
> The replaced callback, rtl8156_change_mtu(), only ever writes MTPS_JUMBO.
> MTPS_DEFAULT is written by rtl8156_down(), which these chips no longer use
> after the earlier split into per-chip-family functions; rtl8157_down() already
> writes 10 * 1024 / 64. Could the description be adjusted so it matches the code
> being replaced?

Sure. Will do.

>
> Neither this message nor any later patch in the series changes
> rtl8157_unload()/rtl8157_change_mtu(), so the tags and description would
> need to be corrected here.
>
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Best Regards,
Chih-Kai