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Lennert Buytenhek explains in commit df02c6f ("dsa: fix master
interface allmulti/promisc handling"), dated Nov 2008, that changing the
promiscuity of interfaces that are down (here the master) is broken.

This fact regarding promisc/allmulti has changed since commit
b6c40d6 ("net: only invoke dev->change_rx_flags when device is UP")
by Vlad Yasevich, dated Nov 2013.

Therefore, DSA now has unnecessary complexity to handle master state
transitions from down to up. In fact, syncing the unicast and multicast
addresses can happen completely asynchronously to the administrative
state changes.

This change reduces that complexity by effectively fully reverting
commit df02c6f ("dsa: fix master interface allmulti/promisc
handling").

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Vladimir Oltean authored and David S. Miller committed Mar 3, 2022
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45 changes: 8 additions & 37 deletions net/dsa/slave.c
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -81,29 +81,12 @@ static int dsa_slave_open(struct net_device *dev)
goto out;
}

if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
err = dev_set_allmulti(master, 1);
if (err < 0)
goto del_unicast;
}
if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
err = dev_set_promiscuity(master, 1);
if (err < 0)
goto clear_allmulti;
}

err = dsa_port_enable_rt(dp, dev->phydev);
if (err)
goto clear_promisc;
goto del_unicast;

return 0;

clear_promisc:
if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)
dev_set_promiscuity(master, -1);
clear_allmulti:
if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
dev_set_allmulti(master, -1);
del_unicast:
if (!ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, master->dev_addr))
dev_uc_del(master, dev->dev_addr);
Expand All @@ -118,13 +101,6 @@ static int dsa_slave_close(struct net_device *dev)

dsa_port_disable_rt(dp);

dev_mc_unsync(master, dev);
dev_uc_unsync(master, dev);
if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
dev_set_allmulti(master, -1);
if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)
dev_set_promiscuity(master, -1);

if (!ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, master->dev_addr))
dev_uc_del(master, dev->dev_addr);

Expand All @@ -134,14 +110,13 @@ static int dsa_slave_close(struct net_device *dev)
static void dsa_slave_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int change)
{
struct net_device *master = dsa_slave_to_master(dev);
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
if (change & IFF_ALLMULTI)
dev_set_allmulti(master,
dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ? 1 : -1);
if (change & IFF_PROMISC)
dev_set_promiscuity(master,
dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC ? 1 : -1);
}

if (change & IFF_ALLMULTI)
dev_set_allmulti(master,
dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ? 1 : -1);
if (change & IFF_PROMISC)
dev_set_promiscuity(master,
dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC ? 1 : -1);
}

static void dsa_slave_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
Expand All @@ -161,9 +136,6 @@ static int dsa_slave_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *a)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;

if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
goto out;

if (!ether_addr_equal(addr->sa_data, master->dev_addr)) {
err = dev_uc_add(master, addr->sa_data);
if (err < 0)
Expand All @@ -173,7 +145,6 @@ static int dsa_slave_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *a)
if (!ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, master->dev_addr))
dev_uc_del(master, dev->dev_addr);

out:
eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr->sa_data);

return 0;
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