netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND ethtool-next] netlink: settings: add two link extended substates of bad signal integrity

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Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:20:04 +0800
From:   "huangguangbin (A)" <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
To:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <amitc@...lanox.com>,
        <idosch@...sch.org>, <andrew@...n.ch>, <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
        <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
        <mlxsw@...lanox.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <lipeng321@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND ethtool-next] netlink: settings: add two link
 extended substates of bad signal integrity



On 2021/8/25 1:36, Michal Kubecek wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 10:14:51AM +0800, Guangbin Huang wrote:
>> Add two link extended substates of bad signal integrity available in the
>> kernel.
>>
>> ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_REFERENCE_CLOCK_LOST means the input
>> external clock signal for SerDes is too weak or lost.
>>
>> ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_ALOS means the received signal for
>> SerDes is too weak because analog loss of signal.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   netlink/settings.c   | 4 ++++
>>   uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 ++
>>   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/netlink/settings.c b/netlink/settings.c
>> index e47a38f3058f..6d10a0703861 100644
>> --- a/netlink/settings.c
>> +++ b/netlink/settings.c
>> @@ -639,6 +639,10 @@ static const char *const names_bad_signal_integrity_link_ext_substate[] = {
>>   		"Large number of physical errors",
>>   	[ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_UNSUPPORTED_RATE]		=
>>   		"Unsupported rate",
>> +	[ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_REFERENCE_CLOCK_LOST]	=
>> +		"Serdes reference clock lost",
>> +	[ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_ALOS]			=
>> +		"Serdes ALOS",
>>   };
>>   
>>   static const char *const names_cable_issue_link_ext_substate[] = {
>> diff --git a/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
>> index c6ec1111ffa3..bd1f09b23cf5 100644
>> --- a/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
>> +++ b/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
>> @@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ enum ethtool_link_ext_substate_link_logical_mismatch {
>>   enum ethtool_link_ext_substate_bad_signal_integrity {
>>   	ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_LARGE_NUMBER_OF_PHYSICAL_ERRORS = 1,
>>   	ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_UNSUPPORTED_RATE,
>> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_REFERENCE_CLOCK_LOST,
>> +	ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_SUBSTATE_BSI_SERDES_ALOS,
>>   };
>>   
>>   /* More information in addition to ETHTOOL_LINK_EXT_STATE_CABLE_ISSUE. */
> 
> Please split the uapi header update into a separate patch and update all
> headers to a specific commit (preferrably current net-next head) as
> described in the last section of
> 
>    https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/devel.html
> 
> The patch looks good otherwise.
> 
> Michal
> 
Ok.