Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v3 2/2] ice: preserve uplink DFLT Rx rule on switchdev release
From: Marcin Szycik
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 12:43:00 EST
On 01.07.2026 15:36, Petr Oros wrote:
> 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>
Reviewed-by: Marcin Szycik <marcin.szycik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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);