Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/2] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add Frame Preemption MAC Merge support

From: Meghana Malladi

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 09:51:42 EST


Hi Maxime,

On 5/26/26 00:48, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
Hi Meghana,

On 5/25/26 20:26, Meghana Malladi wrote:
From: MD Danish Anwar <danishanwar@xxxxxx>

Introduce QoS infrastructure for Frame Preemption (FPE) support in
the ICSSG Ethernet driver.

prueth_qos_iet tracks FPE enable/active state and verify state machine
status via firmware-reported enum icssg_ietfpe_verify_states.
icssg_config_ietfpe() configures IET FPE in firmware, triggers
verify state machine based on ethtool MAC Merge parameters.
Polls firmware verify status up to 3 times with verify_time_ms intervals
and driver handles timeout by logging error and returning.
In case of any failure during configuration for enable/disable,
IET FPE falls back to disabled state.

For MQPRIO qdisc support all queues are express by default later
gets override by user-provided preemptible_tcs bitmask via tc qdisc mask
Preempt mask configuration: Maps traffic classes to queue express/ preemptible
state and applied only when FPE is active (Tx enabled)

Verify state machine re-triggers on link up/down events based on
fpe_enabled and fpe_active flags, and for memory protection, fpe_lock
serializes all FPE state mutations, preventing races between ethtool
config, qdisc setup, and link events

Signed-off-by: MD Danish Anwar <danishanwar@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Meghana Malladi <m-malladi@xxxxxx>

There's quite a lot of checkpatch output for this patch, I'll let you browse through it :)

Also keep in mind that we still recommend 80 chars on net.


I aim to keep lines under 80 characters, unless it compromises readability. I'll review and see if further adjustments can be made :)

Besides that, I have a few comments, see below :)

---

v6-v5:
- Balance fpe_lock mutex lifecycle on all error paths
- Remove deadcode inside icssg_iet_set_preempt_mask()
- Add fallback label inside icssg_config_ietfpe() to fix
   stale state machine handling.
- Replace netdev_err with netdev_info and netdev_dbg wherever
   applicable
- Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for icssg_config_ietfpe()
- Remove redundant code inside icssg_qos_init()
- qdisc deletion path clears per-queue map as well.
- Protect all read/writes to p_mqprio with a mutex
All the above changes address the comments raised by sashiko

  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Makefile             |   3 +-
  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c |   1 +
  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_config.h |   9 -
  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c |   6 +
  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.h |   2 +
  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.c    | 269 +++++++++++++++++++
  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.h    |  66 +++++
  7 files changed, 346 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.c
  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.h

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/ ti/Makefile
index f4276c9a77620..d19bcd25c9d07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ icssg-y := icssg/icssg_common.o \
         icssg/icssg_config.o \
         icssg/icssg_mii_cfg.o \
         icssg/icssg_stats.o \
-       icssg/icssg_ethtool.o
+       icssg/icssg_ethtool.o \
+       icssg/icssg_qos.o
  obj-$(CONFIG_TI_ICSS_IEP) += icssg/icss_iep.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c b/drivers/ net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c
index a28a608f9bf4b..c3ee97e96cd50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c
@@ -1724,6 +1724,7 @@ void prueth_netdev_exit(struct prueth *prueth,
      netif_napi_del(&emac->napi_rx);
+    mutex_destroy(&emac->qos.iet.fpe_lock);
      pruss_release_mem_region(prueth->pruss, &emac->dram);
      free_netdev(emac->ndev);
      prueth->emac[mac] = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_config.h b/drivers/ net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_config.h
index 60d69744ffae2..1ac202f855ed4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_config.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_config.h
@@ -323,13 +323,4 @@ struct prueth_fdb_slot {
      u8 fid;
      u8 fid_c2;
  } __packed;
-
-enum icssg_ietfpe_verify_states {
-    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_UNKNOWN = 0,
-    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_INITIAL,
-    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_VERIFYING,
-    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_SUCCEEDED,
-    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_FAILED,
-    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_DISABLED
-};
  #endif /* __NET_TI_ICSSG_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c b/drivers/ net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
index 591be5c8056b4..39f379df923bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ static void emac_adjust_link(struct net_device *ndev)
          } else {
              icssg_set_port_state(emac, ICSSG_EMAC_PORT_DISABLE);
          }
+
+        icssg_qos_link_state_update(ndev);
      }
      if (emac->link) {
@@ -1652,6 +1654,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops emac_netdev_ops = {
      .ndo_hwtstamp_get = icssg_ndo_get_ts_config,
      .ndo_hwtstamp_set = icssg_ndo_set_ts_config,
      .ndo_xsk_wakeup = prueth_xsk_wakeup,
+    .ndo_setup_tc = icssg_qos_ndo_setup_tc,
  };
  static int prueth_netdev_init(struct prueth *prueth,
@@ -1686,6 +1689,8 @@ static int prueth_netdev_init(struct prueth *prueth,
      INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&emac->stats_work, icssg_stats_work_handler);
+    icssg_qos_init(ndev);
+
      ret = pruss_request_mem_region(prueth->pruss,
                         port == PRUETH_PORT_MII0 ?
                         PRUSS_MEM_DRAM0 : PRUSS_MEM_DRAM1,
@@ -1793,6 +1798,7 @@ static int prueth_netdev_init(struct prueth *prueth,
  free:
      pruss_release_mem_region(prueth->pruss, &emac->dram);
  free_ndev:
+    mutex_destroy(&emac->qos.iet.fpe_lock);
      emac->ndev = NULL;
      prueth->emac[mac] = NULL;
      free_netdev(ndev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.h b/drivers/ net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.h
index df93d15c5b786..85f7017d2c8e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  #include "icssg_config.h"
  #include "icss_iep.h"
  #include "icssg_switch_map.h"
+#include "icssg_qos.h"
  #define PRUETH_MAX_MTU          (2000 - ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN)
  #define PRUETH_MIN_PKT_SIZE     (VLAN_ETH_ZLEN)
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ struct prueth_emac {
      struct bpf_prog *xdp_prog;
      struct xdp_attachment_info xdpi;
      int xsk_qid;
+    struct prueth_qos qos;
  };
  /* The buf includes headroom compatible with both skb and xdpf */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.c b/drivers/net/ ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2781abf39e9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.c
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Texas Instruments ICSSG PRUETH QoS submodule
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http:// www.ti.com/
+ */
+
+#include "icssg_prueth.h"
+#include "icssg_switch_map.h"
+
+static void icssg_iet_set_preempt_mask(struct prueth_emac *emac)
+{
+    void __iomem *config = emac->dram.va + ICSSG_CONFIG_OFFSET;
+    struct prueth_qos_mqprio *p_mqprio = &emac->qos.mqprio;
+    struct tc_mqprio_qopt *qopt = &p_mqprio->mqprio.qopt;
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+    int prempt_mask = 0, i;
+    u8 tc, num_tc;
+
+    if (!iet->preemptible_tcs)
+        goto reset_hw;
+
+    if (iet->fpe_active) {
+        /* Configure the queues based on the preemptible tc map set by the user */
+        num_tc = p_mqprio->mqprio.qopt.num_tc;
+        for (tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
+            /* check if the tc is preemptive or not */
+            if (iet->preemptible_tcs & BIT(tc)) {
+                for (i = qopt->offset[tc]; i < qopt->offset[tc] + qopt->count[tc]; i++) {
+                    /* Set all the queues in this tc as preemptive queues */
+                    writeb(BIT(4), config + EXPRESS_PRE_EMPTIVE_Q_MAP + i);
+                }
+            } else {
+                /* Set all the queues in this tc as express queues */
+                for (i = qopt->offset[tc]; i < qopt->offset[tc] + qopt->count[tc]; i++) {
+                    writeb(0, config + EXPRESS_PRE_EMPTIVE_Q_MAP + i);
+                    prempt_mask |= BIT(i);
+                }
+            }
+            netdev_set_tc_queue(emac->ndev, tc, qopt->count[tc], qopt->offset[tc]);
+        }
+        writeb(prempt_mask, config + EXPRESS_PRE_EMPTIVE_Q_MASK);
+        return;
+    }
+
+reset_hw:
+    /* Reset to default: all queues as express */
+    for (i = 0; i < ICSSG_MAX_TC_QUEUES; i++)
+        writeb(0, config + EXPRESS_PRE_EMPTIVE_Q_MAP + i);
+    writeb(ICSSG_EXPRESS_Q_MASK_ALL, config + EXPRESS_PRE_EMPTIVE_Q_MASK);
+}
+
+static int icssg_iet_verify_wait(struct prueth_emac *emac)
+{
+    void __iomem *config = emac->dram.va + ICSSG_CONFIG_OFFSET;
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+    int try = 3;
+
+    do {
+        msleep(iet->verify_time_ms);
+        iet->verify_status = readb(config + PRE_EMPTION_VERIFY_STATUS);
+        if (iet->verify_status == ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_SUCCEEDED)
+            return 0;
+    } while (--try > 0);

You can replace that whole loop with a readb_poll_timeout, to avoid
open-coding it.


Sure will do that.

+
+    netdev_err(emac->ndev, "MAC Verify timeout\n");
+    return -ETIMEDOUT;
+}
+
+/* Direct synchronous configuration of IET FPE.
+ * Caller must hold iet->fpe_lock.
+ */
+int icssg_config_ietfpe(struct net_device *ndev, bool enable)
+{
+    struct prueth_emac *emac = netdev_priv(ndev);
+    void __iomem *config = emac->dram.va + ICSSG_CONFIG_OFFSET;
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+    int ret;
+    u8 val;
+
+    lockdep_assert_held(&iet->fpe_lock);
+
+    if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
+        netdev_dbg(ndev, "cannot change IET/FPE state when interface is down\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Update FPE Tx enable bit (PRE_EMPTION_ENABLE_TX) if
+     * fpe_enabled is set to enable MM in Tx direction
+     */
+    writeb(enable ? 1 : 0, config + PRE_EMPTION_ENABLE_TX);
+
+    /* If FPE is to be enabled, first configure MAC Verify state
+     * machine in firmware as firmware kicks the Verify process
+     * as soon as ICSSG_EMAC_PORT_PREMPT_TX_ENABLE command is
+     * received.
+     */
+    if (enable && iet->mac_verify_configure) {
+        writeb(1, config + PRE_EMPTION_ENABLE_VERIFY);
+        writew(iet->tx_min_frag_size + ETH_FCS_LEN,
+               config + PRE_EMPTION_ADD_FRAG_SIZE_LOCAL);
+        writel(iet->verify_time_ms, config + PRE_EMPTION_VERIFY_TIME);
+    } else {
+        writeb(0, config + PRE_EMPTION_ENABLE_VERIFY);
+        iet->verify_status = ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_DISABLED;
+    }
+
+    /* Send command to enable FPE Tx side. Rx is always enabled */
+    ret = icssg_set_port_state(emac,
+                   enable ? ICSSG_EMAC_PORT_PREMPT_TX_ENABLE :
+                        ICSSG_EMAC_PORT_PREMPT_TX_DISABLE);
+    if (ret) {
+        netdev_err(ndev, "TX preempt %s command failed\n",
+               str_enable_disable(enable));
+        goto fallback;
+    }
+
+    if (enable && iet->mac_verify_configure) {
+        ret = icssg_iet_verify_wait(emac);
+        if (ret) {
+            netdev_err(ndev, "MAC Verification failed with timeout\n");
+            goto disable_tx;
+        }
+    } else if (enable) {
+        /* Give firmware some time to update PRE_EMPTION_ACTIVE_TX state */
+        usleep_range(100, 200);
+    }
+
+    if (enable) {
+        val = readb(config + PRE_EMPTION_ACTIVE_TX);
+        if (val != 1) {
+            netdev_err(ndev,
+                   "Firmware fails to activate IET/FPE\n");
+            ret = -EIO;
+            goto disable_tx;
+        }
+        iet->fpe_active = true;
+    } else {
+        iet->fpe_active = false;
+    }
+
+    icssg_iet_set_preempt_mask(emac);
+    netdev_info(ndev, "IET FPE %s successfully\n",
+           str_enable_disable(iet->fpe_active));
+    return ret;
+
+disable_tx:
+    icssg_set_port_state(emac, ICSSG_EMAC_PORT_PREMPT_TX_DISABLE);
+fallback:
+    writeb(0, config + PRE_EMPTION_ENABLE_TX);
+    writeb(0, config + PRE_EMPTION_ENABLE_VERIFY);
+    iet->verify_status = ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_DISABLED;
+    iet->fpe_active =  false;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void icssg_qos_init(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+    struct prueth_emac *emac = netdev_priv(ndev);
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+
+    mutex_init(&iet->fpe_lock);
+    /* Set default values to prevent garbage values during .get_mm() */
+    mutex_lock(&iet->fpe_lock);
+    iet->verify_time_ms = ICSSG_IET_MAX_VERIFY_TIME;
+    iet->tx_min_frag_size = ETH_ZLEN;
+    mutex_unlock(&iet->fpe_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(icssg_qos_init);
+
+static int icssg_iet_change_preemptible_tcs(struct prueth_emac *emac)
+{
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+    int ret;
+
+    mutex_lock(&iet->fpe_lock);
+    ret = icssg_config_ietfpe(emac->ndev, iet->fpe_enabled);
+    mutex_unlock(&iet->fpe_lock);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int emac_tc_query_caps(struct net_device *ndev, void *type_data)
+{
+    struct tc_query_caps_base *base = type_data;
+
+    switch (base->type) {
+    case TC_SETUP_QDISC_MQPRIO: {
+        struct tc_mqprio_caps *caps = base->caps;
+
+        caps->validate_queue_counts = true;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    default:
+        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+    }
+}
+
+static int emac_tc_setup_mqprio(struct net_device *ndev, void *type_data)
+{
+    struct prueth_emac *emac = netdev_priv(ndev);
+    struct prueth_qos_mqprio *p_mqprio = &emac->qos.mqprio;
+    struct tc_mqprio_qopt_offload *mqprio = type_data;
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* Validate parameters */
+    if (mqprio->qopt.num_tc > ICSSG_MAX_TC_QUEUES) {
+        netdev_err(ndev, "Number of traffic classes (%u) exceeds hardware limit\n",
+               mqprio->qopt.num_tc);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (mqprio->flags & TC_MQPRIO_F_SHAPER) {
+        netdev_err(ndev, "traffic shaping is not supported\n");
+        return -EINVAL;

Maybe -EOPNOTSUPP ?

+    }
+
+    if (mqprio->flags & (TC_MQPRIO_F_MIN_RATE | TC_MQPRIO_F_MAX_RATE)) {
+        netdev_err(ndev, "per-queue rate limiting is not supported\n");
+        return -EINVAL;

Same


Will update wherever applicable

+    }
+
+    if (!mqprio->qopt.num_tc) {
+        netdev_reset_tc(ndev);
+    } else {
+        netdev_set_num_tc(ndev, mqprio->qopt.num_tc);
+    }
+
+    mutex_lock(&iet->fpe_lock);
+    if (!mqprio->qopt.num_tc) {
+        iet->preemptible_tcs = 0;
+    } else {
+        memcpy(&p_mqprio->mqprio, mqprio, sizeof(*mqprio));
+        iet->preemptible_tcs = mqprio->preemptible_tcs;
+    }
+    mutex_unlock(&iet->fpe_lock);
+
+    netdev_dbg(ndev, "dev->num_tc %u dev->real_num_tx_queues %u\n",
+           ndev->num_tc, ndev->real_num_tx_queues);
+
+    ret = icssg_iet_change_preemptible_tcs(emac);
+    return ret;

Simplify this with :

    return icssg_iet_change_preemptible_tcs(emac);


Sure.

+}
+
+int icssg_qos_ndo_setup_tc(struct net_device *ndev, enum tc_setup_type type,
+               void *type_data)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case TC_QUERY_CAPS:
+        return emac_tc_query_caps(ndev, type_data);
+    case TC_SETUP_QDISC_MQPRIO:
+        return emac_tc_setup_mqprio(ndev, type_data);
+    default:
+        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+    }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(icssg_qos_ndo_setup_tc);
+
+void icssg_qos_link_state_update(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+    struct prueth_emac *emac = netdev_priv(ndev);
+    struct prueth_qos_iet *iet = &emac->qos.iet;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = icssg_iet_change_preemptible_tcs(emac);
+    if (ret)
+        netdev_dbg(ndev, "IET FPE %s failed\n",
+           str_enable_disable(iet->fpe_active));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(icssg_qos_link_state_update);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.h b/drivers/net/ ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9355e96bbcda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_qos.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http:// www.ti.com/
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NET_TI_ICSSG_QOS_H
+#define __NET_TI_ICSSG_QOS_H
+
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/pkt_sched.h>
+
+#define ICSSG_MAX_TC_QUEUES            8
+#define ICSSG_EXPRESS_Q_MASK_ALL        0xFF
+#define ICSSG_IET_MAX_VERIFY_TIME        128
+#define ICSSG_IET_MIN_VERIFY_TIME        1
+
+/**
+ * enum icssg_ietfpe_verify_states - status of MAC Merge Verify returned by firmware
+ * @ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_UNKNOWN:
+ *    verification status is unknown
+ * @ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_INITIAL:
+ *    Firmware returns this if verify state diagram is idle
+ * @ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_VERIFYING:
+ *    Firmware returns this if verification is ongoing
+ * @ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_SUCCEEDED:
+ *    Firmware returns this if verify state diagram completes verification
+ * @ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_FAILED:
+ *    Firmware returns this if verify state diagram fails during verification
+ * @ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_DISABLED:
+ *    verification is disabled by the driver
+ */
+enum icssg_ietfpe_verify_states {
+    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_UNKNOWN = 0,
+    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_INITIAL,
+    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_VERIFYING,
+    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_SUCCEEDED,
+    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_FAILED,
+    ICSSG_IETFPE_STATE_DISABLED
+};
+
+struct prueth_qos_mqprio {
+    struct tc_mqprio_qopt_offload mqprio;
+};
+
+struct prueth_qos_iet {
+    bool fpe_enabled;
+    bool mac_verify_configure;
+    u32 tx_min_frag_size;
+    u32 verify_time_ms;
+    bool fpe_active;
+    enum icssg_ietfpe_verify_states verify_status;
+    struct mutex fpe_lock;

Checkpatch already says it, but you need to document what this
mutex is protecting.


Wasn't actually aware of this, will fix it in v7

+    u8 preemptible_tcs;
+};
+
+struct prueth_qos {
+    struct prueth_qos_iet iet;
+    struct prueth_qos_mqprio mqprio;
+};
+
+void icssg_qos_init(struct net_device *ndev);
+void icssg_qos_link_state_update(struct net_device *ndev);
+int icssg_qos_ndo_setup_tc(struct net_device *ndev, enum tc_setup_type type,
+               void *type_data);
+int icssg_config_ietfpe(struct net_device *ndev, bool enable);
+#endif /* __NET_TI_ICSSG_QOS_H */

Thanks,

Maxime