[PATCH net v2 0/6] net: stmmac: Fix double VLAN 802.1ad tag handling

From: Ovidiu Panait

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 13:15:48 EST


Currently, hardware VLAN stripping is broken for 802.1ad tags. vlan_rx_hw()
hardcodes ETH_P_8021Q when putting the hardware tag into the skb, rather
than using the actual protocol from the packet. Because of this, packets
that contain an 802.1ad outer tag are incorrectly passed up the stack as
having an 802.1Q tag.

This issue was observed on the Renesas RZ/V2H platform (which has a dwmac4
IP), when testing QinQ ping:

# DUT
ip link add link end0 name end0.100 type vlan proto 802.1ad id 100
ip link add link end0.100 name end0.100.200 type vlan proto 802.1q id 200
ip addr add 172.16.3.2/24 dev end0.100.200
ip link set end0 up
ip link set end0.100 up
ip link set end0.100.200 up

# Peer
ip link add link eth0 name eth0.100 type vlan proto 802.1ad id 100
ip link add link eth0.100 name eth0.100.200 type vlan proto 802.1q id 200
ip addr add 172.16.3.1/24 dev eth0.100.200
ip link set eth0 up
ip link set eth0.100 up
ip link set eth0.100.200 up
ping 172.16.3.2
-- FAIL --

Note that this series only fixes the issue on dwmac4. dwxgmac2 has the same
issue but I do not have access to hw to test on.

Since dwmac4 does not expose the tag type in the RDES3 descriptor, it
cannot support hardware double VLAN stripping correctly. This series
disables double VLAN stripping for it, so the 802.1ad tags are left in
place and are handled by the software VLAN path.

v2 changes:
- Added a net selftest for VLAN.
- Dropped patch "net: stmmac: Fix double VLAN stripping on dwxgmac2" from
this series, as it was compile tested only and Nazim reported that it
doesn't actually fix the issue on his board. More investigation is
needed on dwxgmac2, but it should not block this series.
- Addressed some issues reported by Sashiko, to fix the advertised STAG
offload features mismatch.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260729095110.164157-1-ovidiu.panait.rb@xxxxxxxxxxx/

Ovidiu Panait (6):
net: stmmac: Remove VLAN perfect matching dead code
net: stmmac: Enable double VLAN processing only when supported
net: stmmac: Move double VLAN handling to a dedicated op
net: stmmac: Disable double VLAN handling on dwmac4
selftests: drv-net: Move _set_ethtool_feat() into lib
selftests: drv-net: Add VLAN test

drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h | 6 +-
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 26 +++--
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_vlan.c | 81 +++-----------
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/gro.py | 65 ++++--------
.../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py | 3 +-
.../selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/feat.py | 37 +++++++
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/vlan.py | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
8 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/feat.py
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/vlan.py

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