[PATCH net-next v5 2/3] net: ti: icssm-prueth: Adds switchdev support for icssm_prueth driver

[Parvathi Pudi]

Hi,

> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 03:40:22PM +0530, Parvathi Pudi wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>> @@ -222,12 +229,14 @@ struct prueth_emac {
>>  	const char *phy_id;
>>  	u32 msg_enable;
>>  	u8 mac_addr[6];
>> +	unsigned char mc_filter_mask[ETH_ALEN]; /* for multicast filtering */
>>  	phy_interface_t phy_if;
>>  
>>  	/* spin lock used to protect
>>  	 * during link configuration
>>  	 */
>>  	spinlock_t lock;
>> +	spinlock_t addr_lock;   /* serialize access to VLAN/MC filter table */
> 
> addr_lock does not appear to be initialised anywhere.
> 
> ...
> 

Sure, we will address this in next version.


>> +static int icssm_prueth_switchdev_obj_del(struct net_device *ndev,
>> +					  const void *ctx,
>> +					  const struct switchdev_obj *obj)
>> +{
>> +	struct switchdev_obj_port_mdb *mdb = SWITCHDEV_OBJ_PORT_MDB(obj);
>> +	struct prueth_emac *emac = netdev_priv(ndev);
>> +	struct prueth *prueth = emac->prueth;
>> +	struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
>> +	u8 hash, tmp_hash;
>> +	int ret = 0;
>> +
>> +	switch (obj->id) {
>> +	case SWITCHDEV_OBJ_ID_HOST_MDB:
>> +		dev_dbg(prueth->dev, "MDB del: %s: vid %u:%pM  port: %x\n",
>> +			ndev->name, mdb->vid, mdb->addr, emac->port_id);
>> +		hash = icssm_emac_get_mc_hash(mdb->addr, emac->mc_filter_mask);
>> +		netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, prueth->hw_bridge_dev) {
> 
> Is there anything stopping this event from occurring when
> the port is not the lower device of a bridge - before being added
> or after being removed?
> 
> If not, then passing prueth->hw_bridge_dev to netdev_for_each_mc_addr()
> will result in a null pointer dereference.
> 
> ...

Sure, we’ll verify the code and add the appropriate conditional
checks to ensure "prueth->hw_bridge_dev" is valid before using it.
This will be addressed in the next version.

Thanks and Regards,
Parvathi.