Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: fix the invalid VID programmed by VLAN perfect filtering

[Linkui Xiao]

Hi Maxime,

On 2026/9/17 23:57, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> +Ovidiu
>
> On 9/17/26 14:22, Linkui Xiao wrote:
> > From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > for_each_set_bit() leaves its iterator equal to the bitmap size once the
> > loop terminates, so the 'vid' read after the loop in stmmac_vlan_update()
> > is always VLAN_N_VID (4096) and never the last VLAN ID that was found.
> >
> > Cores that do not support VLAN hash filtering (dma_cap.vlhash == 0) fall
> > back to the single VID perfect match filter and hand that value straight
> > to the MAC. vlan_update_hash() therefore programs MAC_VLAN_Tag with
> > VID 4096, a value that can never match an incoming 802.1Q tag, so the
> > perfect filter ends up discarding all VLAN tagged traffic. Both
> > stmmac_test_vlanfilt_perfect() and stmmac_test_dvlanfilt_perfect() walk
> > this path and fail as a result.
> >
> > Remember the VID while iterating so that the last active VLAN ID is the
> > one passed to the perfect match filter. When hash filtering is available
> > 'hash' is non-zero as soon as at least one VID is active, so
> > vlan_update_hash() keeps ignoring 'pmatch' and nothing changes there.
> >
> > Fixes: c7ab0b8088d7 ("net: stmmac: Fallback to VLAN Perfect filtering if HASH is not available")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thank you for proposing this fix, however this code is currently being removed :
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260908164309.59282-1-ovidiu.panait.rb@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> So no need for this patch :)

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll drop this patch then.

Ovidiu, I'll keep an eye on your series. If the fallback path
still needs a valid VID after the removal, feel free to ping me.

Thanks,
Linkui
> Maxime