netdev - Re: [iwl-net PATCH v3] idpf: change IRQ naming to match netdev and ethtool queue numbering

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Message-ID: <CANn89i+ioEJFnZF3B36xGXcCPgtiLevZOs9pncXhgLKb80sm_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:38:16 +0100
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Brian Vazquez <brianvv@...gle.com>
Cc: Brian Vazquez <brianvv.kernel@...il.com>, Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, 
	Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, 
	David Decotigny <decot@...gle.com>, Li Li <boolli@...gle.com>, 
	Anjali Singhai <anjali.singhai@...el.com>, Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com, Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>, 
	Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [iwl-net PATCH v3] idpf: change IRQ naming to match netdev and
 ethtool queue numbering

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM Brian Vazquez <brianvv@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> The code uses the vidx for the IRQ name but that doesn't match ethtool
> reporting nor netdev naming, this makes it hard to tune the device and
> associate queues with IRQs. Sequentially requesting irqs starting from
> '0' makes the output consistent.
>
> This commit changes the interrupt numbering but preserves the name
> format, maintaining ABI compatibility. Existing tools relying on the old
> numbering are already non-functional, as they lack a useful correlation
> to the interrupts.
>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>