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authorMichal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>2020-03-28 00:01:13 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2020-03-29 22:32:36 -0700
commit9881418c7556954cd3f6c348bcd29a483bb5ac38 (patch)
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ethtool: set coalescing parameters with COALESCE_SET request
Implement COALESCE_SET netlink request to set coalescing parameters of a network device. These are traditionally set with ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE ioctl request. This commit adds only support for device coalescing parameters, not per queue coalescing parameters. Like the ioctl implementation, the generic ethtool code checks if only supported parameters are modified; if not, first offending attribute is reported using extack. v2: fix alignment (whitespace only) Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst42
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index 1e84686a998b..b593c7f50934 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Userspace to kernel:
``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_GET`` get channel counts
``ETHTOOL_MSG_CHANNELS_SET`` set channel counts
``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_GET`` get coalescing parameters
+ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_SET`` set coalescing parameters
===================================== ================================
Kernel to userspace:
@@ -791,6 +792,45 @@ corresponding bit in ``ethtool_ops::supported_coalesce_params`` is set (i.e.
they are declared as supported by driver).
+COALESCE_SET
+============
+
+Sets coalescing parameters like ``ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE`` ioctl request.
+
+Request contents:
+
+ =========================================== ====== =======================
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_HEADER`` nested request header
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS`` u32 delay (us), normal Rx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max packets, normal Rx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_IRQ`` u32 delay (us), Rx in IRQ
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_IRQ`` u32 max packets, Rx in IRQ
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS`` u32 delay (us), normal Tx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max packets, normal Tx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_IRQ`` u32 delay (us), Tx in IRQ
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_IRQ`` u32 IRQ packets, Tx in IRQ
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_STATS_BLOCK_USECS`` u32 delay of stats update
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_ADAPTIVE_RX`` bool adaptive Rx coalesce
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_ADAPTIVE_TX`` bool adaptive Tx coalesce
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_PKT_RATE_LOW`` u32 threshold for low rate
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_LOW`` u32 delay (us), low Rx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_LOW`` u32 max packets, low Rx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_LOW`` u32 delay (us), low Tx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_LOW`` u32 max packets, low Tx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_PKT_RATE_HIGH`` u32 threshold for high rate
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_USECS_HIGH`` u32 delay (us), high Rx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES_HIGH`` u32 max packets, high Rx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_USECS_HIGH`` u32 delay (us), high Tx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_MAX_FRAMES_HIGH`` u32 max packets, high Tx
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RATE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL`` u32 rate sampling interval
+ =========================================== ====== =======================
+
+Request is rejected if it attributes declared as unsupported by driver (i.e.
+such that the corresponding bit in ``ethtool_ops::supported_coalesce_params``
+is not set), regardless of their values. Driver may impose additional
+constraints on coalescing parameters and their values.
+
+
Request translation
===================
@@ -816,7 +856,7 @@ have their netlink replacement yet.
``ETHTOOL_GEEPROM`` n/a
``ETHTOOL_SEEPROM`` n/a
``ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_GET``
- ``ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE`` n/a
+ ``ETHTOOL_SCOALESCE`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_COALESCE_SET``
``ETHTOOL_GRINGPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_GET``
``ETHTOOL_SRINGPARAM`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_RINGS_SET``
``ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM`` n/a