[PATCH net] net: bcmgenet: restore the hardware filters on open

From: Nicolai Buchwitz

Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 15:06:31 EST


bcmgenet_hfb_init() runs INIT_LIST_HEAD() on priv->rxnfc_list, which drops
every rule off the list, and bcmgenet_open() calls it on each ifup. Every
rule the user configured is silently lost:

# ethtool -N eth0 flow-type ether dst $MAC action 0
Added rule with ID 0
# ethtool -n eth0 | grep -c Filter:
1
# ip link set eth0 down && ip link set eth0 up
# ethtool -n eth0 | grep -c Filter:
0

Initialise the lists once at probe and restore the rules on open, as
bcmgenet_resume() already does.

Fixes: 3e370952287c ("net: bcmgenet: add support for ethtool rxnfc flows")
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index a2305e6428d1..b916080f4ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -749,8 +749,17 @@ static void bcmgenet_hfb_init(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->rxnfc_rules[i].list);
priv->rxnfc_rules[i].state = BCMGENET_RXNFC_STATE_UNUSED;
}
+}
+
+static void bcmgenet_hfb_restore(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
+{
+ struct bcmgenet_rxnfc_rule *rule;

bcmgenet_hfb_clear(priv);
+
+ list_for_each_entry(rule, &priv->rxnfc_list, list)
+ if (rule->state != BCMGENET_RXNFC_STATE_UNUSED)
+ bcmgenet_hfb_create_rxnfc_filter(priv, rule);
}

static int bcmgenet_begin(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -3376,8 +3385,8 @@ static int bcmgenet_open(struct net_device *dev)

bcmgenet_set_hw_addr(priv, dev->dev_addr);

- /* HFB init */
- bcmgenet_hfb_init(priv);
+ /* Restore the filters, the MAC was reset above */
+ bcmgenet_hfb_restore(priv);

/* Reinitialize TDMA and RDMA and SW housekeeping */
ret = bcmgenet_init_dma(priv, true);
@@ -4075,6 +4084,7 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

/* Mii wait queue */
init_waitqueue_head(&priv->wq);
+ bcmgenet_hfb_init(priv);
INIT_WORK(&priv->bcmgenet_irq_work, bcmgenet_irq_task);

priv->clk_wol = devm_clk_get_optional(&priv->pdev->dev, "enet-wol");
@@ -4272,10 +4282,7 @@ static int bcmgenet_resume(struct device *d)
bcmgenet_set_hw_addr(priv, dev->dev_addr);

/* Restore hardware filters */
- bcmgenet_hfb_clear(priv);
- list_for_each_entry(rule, &priv->rxnfc_list, list)
- if (rule->state != BCMGENET_RXNFC_STATE_UNUSED)
- bcmgenet_hfb_create_rxnfc_filter(priv, rule);
+ bcmgenet_hfb_restore(priv);

/* Reinitialize TDMA and RDMA and SW housekeeping */
ret = bcmgenet_init_dma(priv, false);
--
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