[PATCH net-next v2] net: stmmac: dwxgmac2: enable L2 split header support

Maxime Chevallier maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com
Thu Oct 8 03:14:31 PDT 2026


Hi,

On 10/7/26 20:39, Sagar Cheluvegowda wrote:
> XGMAC2 doesn't program the MAC extended configuration registers
> needed for L2 header splitting when split-header mode is enabled,
> so tagged AV packets can't use the split-header path. Configure
> split mode (SPLM) and header saving (SAVE_EN) in XGMAC_EXT_CFG1,
> extending the dwmac4 sequence added by commit d10f1a4e44c3 ("net:
> stmmac: Programming sequence for VLAN packets with split header")
> to XGMAC2.
> 
> Also fix the RX header-length calculation for split-header
> descriptors. Per the XGMAC2 descriptor format, RDES3's L34T and
> L2T fields are only valid on the last descriptor (LD set); on a
> non-last descriptor they can hold stale write-back data from a
> previous packet. Read the header length from RDES2[9:0] directly
> for non-last descriptors, and only consult L34T/L2T on the last
> descriptor: RDES2[9:0] for IP packets (L34T set) and RDES2[9:2]
> for non-IP packets (L2T set).
> 
> Finally, disable the variable-length preamble when L2 splitting
> is enabled. A variable-length preamble shifts the position of the
> Ethernet header, making the L2 split offset non-deterministic.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Abhishek Chauhan <abhishek.chauhan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Chauhan <abhishek.chauhan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> Co-developed-by: Sarosh Hasan <sarosh.hasan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sarosh Hasan <sarosh.hasan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sagar Cheluvegowda <sagar.cheluvegowda at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> v2:
>   - Add XGMAC_CONFIG1_SPLM_MASK and use it in XGMAC_CONFIG1_SPLM()
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260922232116.889630-1-sagar.cheluvegowda@oss.qualcomm.com/
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h       |  8 ++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_descs.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_dma.c   | 10 ++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h
> index f8ab347f7b5b..fb29dd489714 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2.h
> @@ -167,6 +167,12 @@
>  #define XGMAC_HW_FEATURE4		0x0000012c
>  #define XGMAC_HWFEAT_EASP		BIT(4)
>  #define XGMAC_HWFEAT_PCSEL		GENMASK(1, 0)
> +#define XGMAC_EXT_CFG0			0x140

Let's keep it coherent and use 0x00000140

> +#define XGMAC_EXT_CFG0_VPRE		BIT(8)
> +#define XGMAC_EXT_CFG1			0x00000144
> +#define XGMAC_CONFIG1_SAVE_EN		BIT(24)
> +#define XGMAC_CONFIG1_SPLM_MASK		GENMASK(9, 8)
> +#define XGMAC_CONFIG1_SPLM(v)		FIELD_PREP(XGMAC_CONFIG1_SPLM_MASK, v)
>  #define XGMAC_MAC_DPP_FSM_INT_STATUS	0x00000150
>  #define XGMAC_MAC_FSM_CONTROL		0x00000158
>  #define XGMAC_PRTYEN			BIT(1)
> @@ -434,6 +440,7 @@
>  #define XGMAC_RDES2_L4FM		BIT(28)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES2_L3FM		BIT(27)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES2_HL			GENMASK(9, 0)
> +#define XGMAC_RDES2_NONIPHL		GENMASK(9, 2)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_OWN			BIT(31)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_CTXT		BIT(30)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_IOC			BIT(30)
> @@ -441,6 +448,7 @@
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_CDA			BIT(27)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_RSV			BIT(26)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_L34T		GENMASK(23, 20)
> +#define XGMAC_RDES3_L2T			GENMASK(19, 16)
>  #define XGMAC_RDES3_ET_LT		GENMASK(19, 16)
>  #define XGMAC_L34T_IP4TCP		0x1
>  #define XGMAC_L34T_IP4UDP		0x2
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_descs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_descs.c
> index 6719ac6e395b..65ac5403ec58 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_descs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_descs.c
> @@ -292,8 +292,18 @@ static int dwxgmac2_get_rx_hash(struct dma_desc *p, u32 *hash,
>  
>  static void dwxgmac2_get_rx_header_len(struct dma_desc *p, unsigned int *len)
>  {
> -	if (le32_to_cpu(p->des3) & XGMAC_RDES3_L34T)
> +	u32 rdes3 = le32_to_cpu(p->des3);
> +
> +	/* when FD=1 and LD=0, HL is RDES2[9:0] */
> +	if (!(rdes3 & XGMAC_RDES3_LD)) {
> +		*len = le32_to_cpu(p->des2) & XGMAC_RDES2_HL;
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (rdes3 & XGMAC_RDES3_L34T)
>  		*len = le32_to_cpu(p->des2) & XGMAC_RDES2_HL;
> +	else if (rdes3 & XGMAC_RDES3_L2T)
> +		*len = (le32_to_cpu(p->des2) & XGMAC_RDES2_NONIPHL) >> 2;
>  }
>  
>  static void dwxgmac2_set_sec_addr(struct dma_desc *p, dma_addr_t addr, bool is_valid)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_dma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_dma.c
> index ff83858ebc1f..0a9c787305a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_dma.c
> @@ -561,6 +561,16 @@ static void dwxgmac2_enable_sph(struct stmmac_priv *priv, void __iomem *ioaddr,
>  	value |= XGMAC_CONFIG_HDSMS_256; /* Segment max 256 bytes */
>  	writel(value, ioaddr + XGMAC_RX_CONFIG);
>  
> +	value = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_EXT_CFG1);
> +	value |= XGMAC_CONFIG1_SPLM(1);
> +	value |= XGMAC_CONFIG1_SAVE_EN;
> +	writel(value, ioaddr + XGMAC_EXT_CFG1);
> +
> +	/* Disable variable preambles to keep the L2 split offset deterministic. */
> +	value = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_EXT_CFG0);
> +	value &= ~XGMAC_EXT_CFG0_VPRE;
> +	writel(value, ioaddr + XGMAC_EXT_CFG0);
> +
>  	value = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_DMA_CH_CONTROL(chan));
>  	if (en)
>  		value |= XGMAC_SPH;

The rest looks good to me :)

Maxime




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