[PATCH net-next v3 4/4] net: lan966x: Add ptp trap rules

Michael Walle michael at walle.cc
Fri Dec 9 04:10:19 PST 2022


Hi,

Am 2022-12-09 10:29, schrieb Horatiu Vultur:
> The 12/08/2022 14:18, Michael Walle wrote:
>> Am 2022-12-08 14:04, schrieb Horatiu Vultur:
>> > > > > Currently lan966x, doesn't allow to run PTP over interfaces that are
>> > > > > part of the bridge. The reason is when the lan966x was receiving a
>> > > > > PTP frame (regardless if L2/IPv4/IPv6) the HW it would flood this
>> > > > > frame.
>> > > > > Now that it is possible to add VCAP rules to the HW, such to trap
>> > > > > these
>> > > > > frames to the CPU, it is possible to run PTP also over interfaces that
>> > > > > are part of the bridge.
>> > > >
>> > > > This gives me:
>> > > >
>> > > > # /etc/init.d/S65ptp4l start
>> > > > Starting linuxptp daemon: OK
>> > > > [   44.136870] vcap_val_rule:1678: keyset was not updated: -22
>> > > > [   44.140196] vcap_val_rule:1678: keyset was not updated: -22
>> > > > #
>> > > >
>> > > > # ptp4l -v
>> > > > 3.1.1
>> > > > # uname -a
>> > > > Linux buildroot 6.1.0-rc8-next-20221208+ #924 SMP Thu Dec  8 10:08:58
>> > > > CET 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux
>> > > >
>> > > > I don't know whats going on, but I'm happy to help with debugging with
>> > > > some
>> > > > guidance.
>> > >
>> > > Oh, and linuxptp is running on eth0, no bridges are set up. linuxptp
>> > > is started with "/usr/sbin/ptp4l -f /etc/linuxptp.cfg"
>> > >
>> > > # cat /etc/linuxptp.cfg
>> > > # LinuxPTP configuration file for synchronizing the system clock to
>> > > # a remote PTP master in slave-only mode.
>> > > #
>> > > # By default synchronize time in slave-only mode using UDP and
>> > > hardware
>> > > time
>> > > # stamps on eth0. If the difference to master is >1.0 second correct
>> > > by
>> > > # stepping the clock instead of adjusting the frequency.
>> > > #
>> > > # If you change the configuration don't forget to update the phc2sys
>> > > # parameters accordingly in linuxptp-system-clock.service (systemd)
>> > > # or the linuxptp SysV init script.
>> > >
>> > > [global]
>> > > slaveOnly               1
>> > > delay_mechanism         Auto
>> > > network_transport       UDPv4
>> > > time_stamping           hardware
>> > > step_threshold          1.0
>> > >
>> > > [eth0]
>> >
>> > Thanks for trying this!
>> 
>> Actually I was just booting my board which happens to have linuxptp
>> started by default. And the error messages were new. But I'm not so
>> sure anymore if PTP was really working. I'm still puzzled by reading
>> your commit message. Was it already working for interfaces which 
>> aren't
>> part of a bridge and this commit will make it work even for interfaces
>> which are part of a bridge?
> 
> Exactly!
> This worked on interfaces that were not part of the bridge. And with
> this commit will make it work even on interfaces that are part of the
> bridge.
> 
>> 
>> > The issue is because you have not enabled the TCAM lookups per
>> > port. They can be enabled using this commands:
>> >
>> > tc qdisc add dev eth0 clsact
>> 
>> This gives me the following error, might be a missing kconfig option:
>> 
>> # tc qdisc add dev eth0 clsact
>> RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported
> 
> Yes that should be the case, I think you are missing:
> CONFIG_NET_SCHED
> But may be others when you try to add the next rule.

I guess I'd need to update my kernel config sometime. At the
moment I just have a basic one, as there is still so much stuff
missing for the lan9668. So I haven't come around testing anything
else. As I said, I just noticed because my rootfs happens to have
linuxptp started by default.

>> > tc filter add dev eth0 ingress prio 5 handle 5 matchall skip_sw action
>> > goto chain 8000000
>> >
>> > This will enable the lookup and then you should be able to start again
>> > the ptp4l. Sorry for not mention this, at least I should have written
>> > it
>> > somewhere that this is required.
>> >
>> > I was not sure if lan966x should or not enable tcam lookups
>> > automatically when a ptp trap action is added. I am open to suggestion
>> > here.
>> 
>> IMHO, from a user point of view this should just work. For a user
>> there is no connection between running linuxptp and some filtering
>> stuff with 'tc'.
>> 
>> Also, if the answer to my question above is yes, and ptp should
>> have worked on eth0 before, this is a regression then.
> 
> OK, I can see your point.
> With the following diff, you should see the same behaviour as before:

Ok, I can say, I don't see the error message anymore. Haven't tested
PTP though. I'd need to setup it up first.

Does it also work out of the box with the following patch if
the interface is part of a bridge or do you still have to do
the tc magic from above?

-michael

> ---
> diff --git
> a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_vcap_impl.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_vcap_impl.c
> index 904f5a3f636d3..538f4b76cf97a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_vcap_impl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_vcap_impl.c
> @@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ lan966x_vcap_is2_get_port_keysets(struct net_device
> *dev, int lookup,
> 
>         /* Check if the port keyset selection is enabled */
>         val = lan_rd(lan966x, ANA_VCAP_S2_CFG(port->chip_port));
> -       if (!ANA_VCAP_S2_CFG_ENA_GET(val))
> -               return -ENOENT;
> 
>         /* Collect all keysets for the port in a list */
>         if (l3_proto == ETH_P_ALL)
> ---
> 
>> 
>> -michael



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