netdev - [PATCH RFC v2 0/5] veth: more flexible channels number configuration

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:34:18 +0200
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, toke@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 0/5] veth: more flexible channels number configuration

XDP setups can benefit from multiple veth RX/TX queues. Currently
veth allow setting such number only at creation time via the 
'numrxqueues' and 'numtxqueues' parameters.

This series introduces support for the ethtool set_channel operation
and allows configuring the queue number via a new module parameter.

The veth default configuration is not changed.

Finally self-tests are updated to check the new features, with both
valid and invalid arguments.

This iteration covers the feedback provided by Toke and Jakub.

RFC v1 -> RFC v2:
 - report more consistent 'combined' count
 - make set_channel as resilient as possible to errors
 - drop module parameter - but I would still consider it.
 - more self-tests

Paolo Abeni (5):
  veth: always report zero combined channels
  veth: factor out initialization helper
  veth: implement support for set_channel ethtool op
  veth: create by default nr_possible_cpus queues
  selftests: net: veth: add tests for set_channel

 drivers/net/veth.c                  | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh | 183 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 434 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

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