Re: [PATCH net-next v21 06/13] virtio_net: Create a FF group for ethtool steering
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2026-08-03 16:27:32
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On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 05:07:14PM +0300, Shahar Shitrit wrote:
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From: Daniel Jurgens <redacted> All ethtool steering rules will go in one group, create it during initialization. Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <redacted> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <redacted> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Shahar Shitrit <redacted> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 0d1f5a6cfd12..e11e42583243 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ static const struct virtnet_stat_desc virtnet_stats_tx_speed_desc_qstat[] = { VIRTNET_STATS_DESC_TX_QSTAT(speed, ratelimit_packets, hw_drop_ratelimits), }; +#define VIRTNET_FF_ETHTOOL_GROUP_PRIORITY 1
why 1 and not 0?
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+#define VIRTNET_FF_MAX_GROUPS 1 + struct virtnet_ff { struct virtio_device *vdev; bool ff_supported;@@ -5749,6 +5752,7 @@ static int virtnet_ff_init(struct virtnet_ff *ff, struct virtio_device *vdev) size_t ff_mask_size = sizeof(struct virtio_net_ff_cap_mask_data) + sizeof(struct virtio_net_ff_selector) * VIRTIO_NET_FF_MASK_TYPE_MAX; + struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_group ethtool_group = {}; struct virtio_admin_cmd_query_cap_id_result *cap_id_list; struct virtio_net_ff_selector *sel; unsigned long sel_types = 0;@@ -5839,6 +5843,12 @@ static int virtnet_ff_init(struct virtnet_ff *ff, struct virtio_device *vdev) ff->ff_actions->count = min_t(u8, ff->ff_actions->count, VIRTIO_NET_FF_ACTION_MAX); + if (le32_to_cpu(ff->ff_caps->groups_limit) < VIRTNET_FF_MAX_GROUPS) { + err = -ENOSPC; + goto err_ff_action; + } + ff->ff_caps->groups_limit = cpu_to_le32(VIRTNET_FF_MAX_GROUPS); + err = virtio_admin_cap_set(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_FF_RESOURCE_CAP, ff->ff_caps,@@ -5886,6 +5896,19 @@ static int virtnet_ff_init(struct virtnet_ff *ff, struct virtio_device *vdev) if (err) goto err_ff_action; + ethtool_group.group_priority = cpu_to_le16(VIRTNET_FF_ETHTOOL_GROUP_PRIORITY); + + /* Use priority for the object ID. */
and how is this ok?
spec says:
Each resource object has a unique resource object ID - a driver-assigned number
in the range of 0 to \field{limit - 1}, where the \field{limit} is the maximum
number set by the driver for this resource object type.
and limit here is 1, right?
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+ err = virtio_admin_obj_create(vdev, + VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_GROUP, + VIRTNET_FF_ETHTOOL_GROUP_PRIORITY, + VIRTIO_ADMIN_GROUP_TYPE_SELF, + 0, + ðtool_group, + sizeof(ethtool_group)); + if (err) + goto err_ff_action; + ff->vdev = vdev; ff->ff_supported = true;@@ -5913,6 +5936,12 @@ static void virtnet_ff_cleanup(struct virtnet_ff *ff) if (!ff->ff_supported) return; + virtio_admin_obj_destroy(ff->vdev, + VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_GROUP, + VIRTNET_FF_ETHTOOL_GROUP_PRIORITY, + VIRTIO_ADMIN_GROUP_TYPE_SELF, + 0); + kfree(ff->ff_actions); kfree(ff->ff_mask); kfree(ff->ff_caps);diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h index f9e771a0baff..b0780e49df9f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net_ff.h@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ #define VIRTIO_NET_FF_SELECTOR_CAP 0x801 #define VIRTIO_NET_FF_ACTION_CAP 0x802 +#define VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_GROUP 0x0200 + /** * struct virtio_net_ff_cap_data - Flow filter resource capability limits * @groups_limit: maximum number of flow filter groups supported by the device@@ -88,4 +90,17 @@ struct virtio_net_ff_actions { __u8 reserved[7]; __u8 actions[] __counted_by(count); }; + +/** + * struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_group - Flow filter group object + * @group_priority: priority of the group used to order evaluation + * + * This structure is the payload for the VIRTIO_NET_RESOURCE_OBJ_FF_GROUP + * administrative object. Devices use @group_priority to order flow filter + * groups. Multi-byte fields are little-endian. + */ +struct virtio_net_resource_obj_ff_group { + __le16 group_priority; +}; + #endif-- 2.49.0