[PATCH net-next v7 17/17] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu()
Théo Lebrun <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:08:24 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Use newly introduced context buffer management to implement .ndo_change_mtu() as a context swap: allocate new context -> reconfigure HW -> free old context. This resists memory pressure well by failing without closing the interface and it is much faster by avoiding PHY reinit. AT91 EMAC is handled differently as their buffer management is separate and they don't do NAPI. They cannot land in macb_change_mtu as they use a different ndo struct. We still defensively protect against it in code. Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c index 9093fb2c789f..df9594e515df 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c @@ -3531,11 +3531,29 @@ static int macb_close(struct net_device *netdev) static int macb_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu) { - if (netif_running(netdev)) - return -EBUSY; + struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(netdev); + bool running = netif_running(netdev); + struct macb_context *new_ctx; + + if (running) { + /* Context swapping is not supported for AT91. */ + if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_MACB_IS_EMAC) + return -EBUSY; + + new_ctx = macb_context_alloc(bp, new_mtu, + bp->configured_rx_ring_size, + bp->configured_tx_ring_size); + if (IS_ERR(new_ctx)) + return PTR_ERR(new_ctx); + + macb_context_swap_start(bp); + } WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu); + if (running) + macb_context_swap_end(bp, new_ctx); + return 0; } -- 2.55.0