From: Mohsin Bashir <mohsin.bashr@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alexanderduyck@fb.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, andrew@lunn.ch,
davem@davemloft.net, donald.hunter@gmail.com,
edumazet@google.com, gal@nvidia.com, horms@kernel.org,
idosch@nvidia.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com,
kernel-team@meta.com, kory.maincent@bootlin.com, kuba@kernel.org,
lee@trager.us, leon@kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
linux@armlinux.org.uk, mbloch@nvidia.com, mohsin.bashr@gmail.com,
o.rempel@pengutronix.de, pabeni@redhat.com, saeedm@nvidia.com,
tariqt@nvidia.com, vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH net-next V2 0/5] net: ethtool: Track TX pause storm
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:05:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260207010525.3808842-1-mohsin.bashr@gmail.com> (raw)
With TX pause enabled, if a device cannot deliver received frames to
the stack (e.g., during a system hang), it may generate excessive pause
frames causing a pause storm. This series updates the uAPI to track TX
pause storm events as part of the pause stats (p1), propose to use the
existing knob (pfc-prevention-tout) to configure storm watchdog (p2),
adds pause storm protection support for fbnic (p3), and leverages p1
to provide observability into these events for fbnic (p4) and mlnx5 (p5)
drivers.
---
Changelog:
V2:
- Clarify pfc-prevention-tout applies to general pause, not just PFC
(P2)
- Add pause storm watchdog timeout configuration via pfc-prevention-tout
(P3)
- mlx5: Report device stall prevention events (errors) in pause stats
(P5)
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260122192158.428882-1-mohsin.bashr@gmail.com/
Mohsin Bashir (5):
net: ethtool: Track pause storm events
net: ethtool: Update doc for tunable
eth: fbnic: Add protection against pause storm
eth: fbnic: Fetch TX pause storm stats
eth: mlx5: Move pause storm errors to pause stats
Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml | 13 +++
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c | 25 ++++
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic.h | 3 +
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_csr.h | 11 ++
.../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c | 46 ++++++++
.../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_hw_stats.h | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_irq.c | 2 +
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_mac.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_mac.h | 27 +++++
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_pci.c | 5 +
include/linux/ethtool.h | 2 +
include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 +-
.../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | 1 +
net/ethtool/pause.c | 4 +-
14 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--
2.47.3
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From: Mohsin Bashir <mohsin.bashr@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alexanderduyck@fb.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, andrew@lunn.ch,
davem@davemloft.net, donald.hunter@gmail.com,
edumazet@google.com, gal@nvidia.com, horms@kernel.org,
idosch@nvidia.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com,
kernel-team@meta.com, kory.maincent@bootlin.com, kuba@kernel.org,
lee@trager.us, leon@kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
linux@armlinux.org.uk, mbloch@nvidia.com, mohsin.bashr@gmail.com,
o.rempel@pengutronix.de, pabeni@redhat.com, saeedm@nvidia.com,
tariqt@nvidia.com, vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH net-next V2 0/5] net: ethtool: Track TX pause storm
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 17:42:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260207010525.3808842-1-mohsin.bashr@gmail.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20260207014230.EYdp6BG5pEnyMfPzjJ7BXEKC6ac6_XUmrg2KzDzJYUw@z> (raw)
With TX pause enabled, if a device cannot deliver received frames to
the stack (e.g., during a system hang), it may generate excessive pause
frames causing a pause storm. This series updates the uAPI to track TX
pause storm events as part of the pause stats (p1), propose to use the
existing knob (pfc-prevention-tout) to configure storm watchdog (p2),
adds pause storm protection support for fbnic (p3), and leverages p1
to provide observability into these events for fbnic (p4) and mlnx5 (p5)
drivers.
---
Changelog:
V2:
- Clarify pfc-prevention-tout applies to general pause, not just PFC
(P2)
- Add pause storm watchdog timeout configuration via pfc-prevention-tout
(P3)
- mlx5: Report device stall prevention events (errors) in pause stats
(P5)
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260122192158.428882-1-mohsin.bashr@gmail.com/
Mohsin Bashir (5):
net: ethtool: Track pause storm events
net: ethtool: Update doc for tunable
eth: fbnic: Add protection against pause storm
eth: fbnic: Fetch TX pause storm stats
eth: mlx5: Move pause storm errors to pause stats
Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml | 13 +++
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c | 25 ++++
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic.h | 3 +
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_csr.h | 11 ++
.../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c | 46 ++++++++
.../net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_hw_stats.h | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_irq.c | 2 +
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_mac.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_mac.h | 27 +++++
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_pci.c | 5 +
include/linux/ethtool.h | 2 +
include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 +-
.../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | 1 +
net/ethtool/pause.c | 4 +-
14 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-07 2:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-07 1:05 Mohsin Bashir [this message]
2026-02-07 1:05 ` [PATCH net-next V2 1/5] net: ethtool: Track pause storm events Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-11 9:28 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-07 1:05 ` [PATCH net-next V2 2/5] net: ethtool: Update doc for tunable Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-07 1:05 ` [PATCH net-next V2 3/5] eth: fbnic: Add protection against pause storm Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-07 1:05 ` [PATCH net-next V2 4/5] eth: fbnic: Fetch TX pause storm stats Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-07 1:05 ` [PATCH net-next V2 5/5] eth: mlx5: Move pause storm errors to pause stats Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-11 9:26 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-11 9:49 ` Tariq Toukan
2026-02-11 21:18 ` Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-07 1:38 ` [PATCH net-next V2 2/5] net: ethtool: Update doc for tunable Mohsin Bashir
2026-02-07 1:42 ` [PATCH net-next V2 0/5] net: ethtool: Track TX pause storm Mohsin Bashir
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