linux.git/net/devlink/param.c, branch v6.18.21 Clone of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git devlink: Add a 'num_doorbells' driverinit param 2025-09-18T01:30:51+00:00 Cosmin Ratiu cratiu@nvidia.com 2025-09-16T14:11:43+00:00 6bdcb735fec6cb866b0d40634d4f23effba81074 This parameter can be used by drivers to configure a different number of doorbells. Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
This parameter can be used by drivers to configure a different number of
doorbells.

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: Add 'total_vfs' generic device param 2025-09-10T02:14:23+00:00 Vlad Dumitrescu vdumitrescu@nvidia.com 2025-09-07T01:29:43+00:00 ce0b015e2619ae64b7d33fb24a6b6cadcd70c317 NICs are typically configured with total_vfs=0, forcing users to rely on external tools to enable SR-IOV (a widely used and essential feature). Add total_vfs parameter to devlink for SR-IOV max VF configurability. Enables standard kernel tools to manage SR-IOV, addressing the need for flexible VF configuration. Signed-off-by: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@nvidia.com> Tested-by: Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250907012953.301746-2-saeed@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
NICs are typically configured with total_vfs=0, forcing users to rely
on external tools to enable SR-IOV (a widely used and essential feature).

Add total_vfs parameter to devlink for SR-IOV max VF configurability.
Enables standard kernel tools to manage SR-IOV, addressing the need for
flexible VF configuration.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@nvidia.com>
Tested-by: Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250907012953.301746-2-saeed@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: Add new "clock_id" generic device param 2025-07-10T02:08:52+00:00 Ivan Vecera ivecera@redhat.com 2025-07-04T18:21:54+00:00 de9ccf2296ac323a571e442b5730ca9cc259fbf0 Add a new device generic parameter to specify clock ID that should be used by the device for registering DPLL devices and pins. Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250704182202.1641943-5-ivecera@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Add a new device generic parameter to specify clock ID that should
be used by the device for registering DPLL devices and pins.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250704182202.1641943-5-ivecera@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: Add support for u64 parameters 2025-07-10T02:08:52+00:00 Ivan Vecera ivecera@redhat.com 2025-07-04T18:21:53+00:00 c0ef1446959101d23fdf1b1bdefc6613a83dba03 Only 8, 16 and 32-bit integers are supported for numeric devlink parameters. The subsequent patch adds support for DPLL clock ID that is defined as 64-bit number. Add support for u64 parameter type. Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250704182202.1641943-4-ivecera@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Only 8, 16 and 32-bit integers are supported for numeric devlink
parameters. The subsequent patch adds support for DPLL clock ID
that is defined as 64-bit number. Add support for u64 parameter
type.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250704182202.1641943-4-ivecera@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: Add new "enable_phc" generic device param 2025-06-19T01:57:29+00:00 David Arinzon darinzon@amazon.com 2025-06-17T11:05:41+00:00 cea465a96a294e7bc2537f27a737cfa7c6234b3d Add a new device generic parameter to enable/disable the PHC (PTP Hardware Clock) functionality in the device associated with the devlink instance. Signed-off-by: David Arinzon <darinzon@amazon.com> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250617110545.5659-6-darinzon@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Add a new device generic parameter to enable/disable the
PHC (PTP Hardware Clock) functionality in the device associated
with the devlink instance.

Signed-off-by: David Arinzon <darinzon@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250617110545.5659-6-darinzon@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: avoid param type value translations 2025-05-07T01:21:11+00:00 Jiri Pirko jiri@nvidia.com 2025-05-05T11:45:12+00:00 f9e78932eac650cf1385244482b85e65ccaa87cf Assign DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_* enum values to DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_* to ensure the same values are used internally and in UAPI. Benefit from that by removing the value translations. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250505114513.53370-4-jiri@resnulli.us Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Assign DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_* enum values to DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_* to
ensure the same values are used internally and in UAPI. Benefit from
that by removing the value translations.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250505114513.53370-4-jiri@resnulli.us
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: define enum for attr types of dynamic attributes 2025-05-07T01:21:11+00:00 Jiri Pirko jiri@nvidia.com 2025-05-05T11:45:11+00:00 429ac6211494c12b668dac59811ea8a96db6d757 Devlink param and health reporter fmsg use attributes with dynamic type which is determined according to a different type. Currently used values are NLA_*. The problem is, they are not part of UAPI. They may change which would cause a break. To make this future safe, introduce a enum that shadows NLA_* values in it and is part of UAPI. Also, this allows to possibly carry types that are unrelated to NLA_* values. Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250505114513.53370-3-jiri@resnulli.us Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Devlink param and health reporter fmsg use attributes with dynamic type
which is determined according to a different type. Currently used values
are NLA_*. The problem is, they are not part of UAPI. They may change
which would cause a break.

To make this future safe, introduce a enum that shadows NLA_* values in
it and is part of UAPI.

Also, this allows to possibly carry types that are unrelated to NLA_*
values.

Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250505114513.53370-3-jiri@resnulli.us
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
devlink: extend devlink_param *set pointer 2024-04-22T20:05:19+00:00 Mateusz Polchlopek mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com 2024-04-19T08:08:49+00:00 5625ca5640caa3fb797f155601d56379d260d6ba Extend devlink_param *set function pointer to take extack as a param. Sometimes it is needed to pass information to the end user from set function. It is more proper to use for that netlink instead of passing message to dmesg. Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> 
Extend devlink_param *set function pointer to take extack as a param.
Sometimes it is needed to pass information to the end user from set
function. It is more proper to use for that netlink instead of passing
message to dmesg.

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
devlink: introduce a helper for netlink multicast send 2023-12-19T14:31:40+00:00 Jiri Pirko jiri@nvidia.com 2023-12-16T12:29:56+00:00 5648de0b1f2b68bffce9bdd49a276607b9a3e3d4 Introduce a helper devlink_nl_notify_send() so each object notification function does not have to call genlmsg_multicast_netns() with the same arguments. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> 
Introduce a helper devlink_nl_notify_send() so each object notification
function does not have to call genlmsg_multicast_netns() with the same
arguments.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
devlink: send notifications only if there are listeners 2023-12-19T14:31:40+00:00 Jiri Pirko jiri@nvidia.com 2023-12-16T12:29:55+00:00 cddbff470e3318834af518168d3a917b6e975062 Introduce devlink_nl_notify_need() helper and using it to check at the beginning of notification functions to avoid overhead of composing notification messages in case nobody listens. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> 
Introduce devlink_nl_notify_need() helper and using it to check at the
beginning of notification functions to avoid overhead of composing
notification messages in case nobody listens.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>