[PATCH net-next 1/2] devlink: print controller prefix for non-zero controller
From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Date: 2026-07-02 11:19:16
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linux-doc, linux-rdma, lkml
Subsystem:
devlink, documentation, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Jiri Pirko, Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Moshe Shemesh <redacted> The controller prefix (c<N>) in phys_port_name is currently restricted to external host controllers. This layout sufficed when DPUs only had a single local controller and one or more external host controllers. However, newer devices can have multiple controllers within the DPU itself, even within a single host environment. To support these topologies, allow drivers to report the controller number regardless of the "external" flag status. Any non-zero controller number will now be explicitly reported, even for single-host or local DPU controllers. Existing ports with controller=0 are unaffected. Update documentation and kdoc to clarify that a non-zero controller number does not require the external flag to be set. Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <redacted> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <redacted> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> --- Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst | 9 +++++++++ include/net/devlink.h | 6 +++--- net/devlink/port.c | 6 +++--- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
index 9374ebe70f48..4211322d488b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ doesn't have the eswitch. Local controller (identified by controller number = 0) has the eswitch. The Devlink instance on the local controller has eswitch devlink ports for both the controllers. +A non-zero controller number may also be used for ports that are not external. +For example, a SmartNIC may have additional local PCI physical functions +that are managed by the eswitch but are not on an external host. These +ports use a non-zero controller number to distinguish them from the eswitch +manager's own functions, while the external flag remains unset. + +The ``phys_port_name`` includes the controller prefix (``c<controller_num>``) +whenever the controller number is non-zero, regardless of the external flag. + Function configuration ======================
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index dd546dbd57cf..35bfdceeab9f 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct devlink_port_phys_attrs { * struct devlink_port_pci_pf_attrs - devlink port's PCI PF attributes * @controller: Associated controller number * @pf: associated PCI function number for the devlink port instance - * @external: when set, indicates if a port is for an external controller + * @external: when set, indicates if a port is for an external host controller. */ struct devlink_port_pci_pf_attrs { u32 controller;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct devlink_port_pci_pf_attrs { * @pf: associated PCI function number for the devlink port instance * @vf: associated PCI VF number of a PF for the devlink port instance; * VF number starts from 0 for the first PCI virtual function - * @external: when set, indicates if a port is for an external controller + * @external: when set, indicates if a port is for an external host controller. */ struct devlink_port_pci_vf_attrs { u32 controller;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct devlink_port_pci_vf_attrs { * @controller: Associated controller number * @sf: associated SF number of a PF for the devlink port instance * @pf: associated PCI function number for the devlink port instance - * @external: when set, indicates if a port is for an external controller + * @external: when set, indicates if a port is for an external host controller. */ struct devlink_port_pci_sf_attrs { u32 controller;
diff --git a/net/devlink/port.c b/net/devlink/port.c
index 485029d43428..bde6d4125725 100644
--- a/net/devlink/port.c
+++ b/net/devlink/port.c@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ static int __devlink_port_phys_port_name_get(struct devlink_port *devlink_port, WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; case DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_PF: - if (attrs->pci_pf.external) { + if (attrs->pci_pf.external || attrs->pci_pf.controller) { n = snprintf(name, len, "c%u", attrs->pci_pf.controller); if (n >= len) return -EINVAL;
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ static int __devlink_port_phys_port_name_get(struct devlink_port *devlink_port, n = snprintf(name, len, "pf%u", attrs->pci_pf.pf); break; case DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_VF: - if (attrs->pci_vf.external) { + if (attrs->pci_vf.external || attrs->pci_vf.controller) { n = snprintf(name, len, "c%u", attrs->pci_vf.controller); if (n >= len) return -EINVAL;
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ static int __devlink_port_phys_port_name_get(struct devlink_port *devlink_port, attrs->pci_vf.pf, attrs->pci_vf.vf); break; case DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_SF: - if (attrs->pci_sf.external) { + if (attrs->pci_sf.external || attrs->pci_sf.controller) { n = snprintf(name, len, "c%u", attrs->pci_sf.controller); if (n >= len) return -EINVAL;
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