netdev - Re: [PATCH V3 net-next 3/6] ethtool: add support to set/get rx buf len via ethtool

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:24:06 +0800
From:   "huangguangbin (A)" <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 net-next 3/6] ethtool: add support to set/get rx buf
 len via ethtool



On 2021/10/13 2:26, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:41:24 +0800 Guangbin Huang wrote:
>> From: Hao Chen <chenhao288@...ilicon.com>
>>
>> Add support to set rx buf len via ethtool -G parameter and get
>> rx buf len via ethtool -g parameter.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hao Chen <chenhao288@...ilicon.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
> 
>> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN``        u32     size of buffers on the ring
>>     ====================================  ======  ==========================
> 
> Does the documentation build without warnings?
> 
Hi Jakub, there is no warning when we build documentation. It seems that the third
column needs more '=' symbol, we add it in next version.

>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
>> index 266e95e4fb33..83544186cbb5 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
>> @@ -535,6 +535,14 @@ struct ethtool_ringparam {
>>   	__u32	tx_pending;
>>   };
>>   
>> +/**
>> + * struct ethtool_ringparam_ext - RX/TX ring configuration
>> + * @rx_buf_len: Current length of buffers on the rx ring.
>> + */
>> +struct ethtool_ringparam_ext {
>> +	__u32	rx_buf_len;
>> +};
> 
> This can be moved to include/linux/ethtool.h, user space does not need
> to know about this structure.
> 
Ok.

>> +	if (ringparam_ext.rx_buf_len != 0 &&
>> +	    !(ops->supported_ring_params & ETHTOOL_RING_USE_RX_BUF_LEN)) {
>> +		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(info->extack,
>> +				    tb[ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN],
>> +				    "setting not supported rx buf len");
> 
> "setting rx buf len not supported" sounds better
> 
Ok.

>> +		goto out_ops;
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	ret = dev->ethtool_ops->set_ringparam(dev, &ringparam);
>>   	if (ret < 0)
>>   		goto out_ops;
> 
> .
>