[PATCH net-next v6 1/3] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix the RX

From: Sandeep Haemoon

Date: Fri Nov 13 2026 - 19:31:37 EST


mtk_poll_rx() keeps one dma_addr_t across the whole poll loop and only
refreshes it when a replacement buffer was mapped for the descriptor
being processed. The paths that jump straight to release_desc (no
netdev for the source port, MTK_RESETTING set, or a refill allocation
failure) re-arm the descriptor with the buffer it still holds. The
address written back must therefore come from the descriptor's own
rxd2, and the release path relies on dma_addr being DMA_MAPPING_ERROR
to select those bits.

That protection was added by commit 6e0490fc36cd ("net: ethernet:
mtk_eth_soc: fix SER panic with 4GB+ RAM") for the MTK_RESETTING path,
but commit e10a35abb3da ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix
uninitialized variable") moved the DMA_MAPPING_ERROR initialisation
out of the loop, so it only holds for the first iteration. From the
second iteration on, the previous descriptor's high address bits are
combined with the current descriptor's low bits in rxd1. With
MTK_36BIT_DMA and DRAM above 4 GiB the hardware then DMAs the next
frame to an address that is neither buffer, and the driver passes the
stale contents of the untouched buffer up the stack. mtk_rx_clean()
unmaps the same mismatched address during a SER, which is the panic
commit 6e0490fc36cd ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix SER panic with
4GB+ RAM") was fixing.

Reset dma_addr to DMA_MAPPING_ERROR at the start of every iteration,
so a descriptor that is released without a new mapping keeps its own
address bits.

Fixes: 2d75891ebc09 ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: support 36-bit DMA addressing on MT7988")
Signed-off-by: Sandeep Haemoon <sandeeph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index 21abeccfe0..6c8b039fad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@ static int mtk_poll_rx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget,
u8 *data, *new_data;
struct mtk_rx_dma_v2 *rxd, trxd;
int done = 0, bytes = 0;
- dma_addr_t dma_addr = DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
+ dma_addr_t dma_addr;
int ppe_idx = 0;

while (done < budget) {
@@ -2219,6 +2219,12 @@ static int mtk_poll_rx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget,
u32 hash, reason;
int mac = 0;

+ /* The release paths below hand the descriptor back with the
+ * buffer it still holds, so only overwrite its address when
+ * a new buffer was actually mapped for it.
+ */
+ dma_addr = DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
+
ring = mtk_get_rx_ring(eth);
if (unlikely(!ring))
goto rx_done;
--
2.53.0