Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: ethtool: add dedicated GRXRINGS driver callbacks

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Tested this patch with virtio-net regression tests, everything works fine.

Tested-by: Lei Yang <leiyang@xxxxxxxxxx>


On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patchset introduces a new dedicated ethtool_ops callback,
> .get_rx_ring_count, which enables drivers to provide the number of RX
> rings directly, improving efficiency and clarity in RX ring queries and
> RSS configuration.
>
> Number of drivers no implement .get_rxnfc just to report the ring count,
> so, having a proper callback makes sense and simplify .get_rxnfc.
>
> This has been suggested by Jakub, and follow the same idea as RXFH
> driver callbacks [1].
>
> This also port virtio_net to this new callback. Once there is consensus
> on this approach, I can start moving the drivers to this new callback.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250611145949.2674086-1-kuba@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
>
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes from RFC:
> - Renaming and changing the return type of .get_rxrings() callback (Jakub)
> - Add the docstring format for the new callback (Simon)
> - Remove the unecessary WARN_ONCE() (Jakub)
> - Link to RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250905-gxrings-v1-0-984fc471f28f@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> ---
> Breno Leitao (7):
>       net: ethtool: pass the num of RX rings directly to ethtool_copy_validate_indir
>       net: ethtool: add support for ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS ioctl
>       net: ethtool: remove the duplicated handling from ethtool_get_rxrings
>       net: ethtool: add get_rx_ring_count callback to optimize RX ring queries
>       net: ethtool: update set_rxfh to use get_num_rxrings helper
>       net: ethtool: update set_rxfh_indir to use get_num_rxrings helper
>       net: virtio_net: add get_rxrings ethtool callback for RX ring queries
>
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 15 ++--------
>  include/linux/ethtool.h  |  2 ++
>  net/ethtool/ioctl.c      | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 9f0730b063b436938ebb6371aecb12ec6ed896e9
> change-id: 20250905-gxrings-a2ec22ee2aec
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>






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