[PATCH net-next] xgbe: Use netlink extack to report errors to ethtool
From: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@amd.com>
Date: 2026-01-09 07:49:27
Subsystem:
amd xgbe driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Raju Rangoju, Prashanth Kumar K R, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Vishal Badole <redacted> Upgrade XGBE driver to report errors via netlink extack instead of netdev_error so ethtool userspace can be aware of failures. Signed-off-by: Vishal Badole <redacted> Reviewed-by: Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@amd.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c | 46 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
index 0d19b09497a0..0d1e979c864e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c@@ -362,13 +362,16 @@ static int xgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev, /* Check the bounds of values for Rx */ if (rx_riwt > XGMAC_MAX_DMA_RIWT) { - netdev_err(netdev, "rx-usec is limited to %d usecs\n", - hw_if->riwt_to_usec(pdata, XGMAC_MAX_DMA_RIWT)); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "rx-usec is limited to %d usecs\n", + hw_if->riwt_to_usec(pdata, + XGMAC_MAX_DMA_RIWT)); return -EINVAL; } if (rx_frames > pdata->rx_desc_count) { - netdev_err(netdev, "rx-frames is limited to %d frames\n", - pdata->rx_desc_count); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "rx-frames is limited to %d frames\n", + pdata->rx_desc_count); return -EINVAL; }
@@ -387,8 +390,9 @@ static int xgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev, return -EINVAL; } if (tx_frames > pdata->tx_desc_count) { - netdev_err(netdev, "tx-frames is limited to %d frames\n", - pdata->tx_desc_count); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "tx-frames is limited to %d frames\n", + pdata->tx_desc_count); return -EINVAL; }
@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ static int xgbe_set_rxfh(struct net_device *netdev, if (rxfh->hfunc != ETH_RSS_HASH_NO_CHANGE && rxfh->hfunc != ETH_RSS_HASH_TOP) { - netdev_err(netdev, "unsupported hash function\n"); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, "unsupported hash function\n"); return -EOPNOTSUPP; }
@@ -561,37 +565,39 @@ static int xgbe_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int rx, tx; if (ringparam->rx_mini_pending || ringparam->rx_jumbo_pending) { - netdev_err(netdev, "unsupported ring parameter\n"); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, "unsupported ring parameter\n"); return -EINVAL; } if ((ringparam->rx_pending < XGBE_RX_DESC_CNT_MIN) || (ringparam->rx_pending > XGBE_RX_DESC_CNT_MAX)) { - netdev_err(netdev, - "rx ring parameter must be between %u and %u\n", - XGBE_RX_DESC_CNT_MIN, XGBE_RX_DESC_CNT_MAX); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "rx ring parameter must be between %u and %u\n", + XGBE_RX_DESC_CNT_MIN, + XGBE_RX_DESC_CNT_MAX); return -EINVAL; } if ((ringparam->tx_pending < XGBE_TX_DESC_CNT_MIN) || (ringparam->tx_pending > XGBE_TX_DESC_CNT_MAX)) { - netdev_err(netdev, - "tx ring parameter must be between %u and %u\n", - XGBE_TX_DESC_CNT_MIN, XGBE_TX_DESC_CNT_MAX); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "tx ring parameter must be between %u and %u\n", + XGBE_TX_DESC_CNT_MIN, + XGBE_TX_DESC_CNT_MAX); return -EINVAL; } rx = __rounddown_pow_of_two(ringparam->rx_pending); if (rx != ringparam->rx_pending) - netdev_notice(netdev, - "rx ring parameter rounded to power of two: %u\n", - rx); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "rx ring parameter rounded to power of two: %u\n", + rx); tx = __rounddown_pow_of_two(ringparam->tx_pending); if (tx != ringparam->tx_pending) - netdev_notice(netdev, - "tx ring parameter rounded to power of two: %u\n", - tx); + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT_MOD(extack, + "tx ring parameter rounded to power of two: %u\n", + tx); if ((rx == pdata->rx_desc_count) && (tx == pdata->tx_desc_count))
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