[PATCH net-next v3 1/2] net: stmmac: fpe: Enforce pmac_enabled in set_mm and keep it on at init
From: muhammad . nazim . amirul . nazle . asmade
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 03:12:46 EST
From: Nazim Amirul <muhammad.nazim.amirul.nazle.asmade@xxxxxxxxxx>
The preemptive MAC in DWMAC is always enabled, meaning DWMAC is always
ready to receive preemptive mPackets. Initialize pmac_enabled to true
at init time and reject attempts to disable it via ethtool set_mm.
Only initialize pmac_enabled when FPE is actually supported: gate it on
stmmac_fpe_supported() and return early otherwise, so hardware without
FPE (dma_cap.fpesel clear) does not get pmac_enabled set. Keep emitting
the "FPE is not supported by driver" notice for the case where the
hardware advertises FPE but the driver cannot wire it up.
Also add a missing fpesel capability check in stmmac_set_mm() to return
-EOPNOTSUPP early on hardware without FPE support.
Signed-off-by: Rohan G Thomas <rohan.g.thomas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nazim Amirul <muhammad.nazim.amirul.nazle.asmade@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Gate the pmac_enabled init on stmmac_fpe_supported() and return
early, so hardware without FPE no longer gets pmac_enabled set. This
folds in the previous "Add missing return in stmmac_fpe_init()" patch
and fixes the condition that did not reach its intended effect, per
Paolo Abeni / Sashiko.
v2: No changes. Collect Reviewed-by from Maxime Chevallier.
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c | 7 +++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c | 13 ++++++++++---
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index c616a1c95e5d..0dfb312d72f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -1066,6 +1066,13 @@ static int stmmac_set_mm(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_mm_cfg *cfg,
if (err)
return err;
+ if (!priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ /* DWMAC always have preemptible MAC enabled */
+ if (!cfg->pmac_enabled)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
stmmac_fpe_set_add_frag_size(priv, frag_size);
ethtool_mmsv_set_mm(&priv->fpe_cfg.mmsv, cfg);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c
index b6b5ef7c8fc4..2607e29930b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c
@@ -173,9 +173,16 @@ void stmmac_fpe_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
ethtool_mmsv_init(&priv->fpe_cfg.mmsv, priv->dev,
&stmmac_mmsv_ops);
- if ((!priv->fpe_cfg.reg || !priv->hw->mac->fpe_map_preemption_class) &&
- priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
- dev_info(priv->device, "FPE is not supported by driver.\n");
+ if (!stmmac_fpe_supported(priv)) {
+ if (priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
+ dev_info(priv->device, "FPE is not supported by driver.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* The preemptive MAC in DWMAC is always enabled, so initialize
+ * pmac_enabled to true to reflect the hardware state.
+ */
+ priv->fpe_cfg.mmsv.pmac_enabled = true;
}
int stmmac_fpe_get_add_frag_size(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
--
2.43.7