From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
davem@davemloft.net, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: pass genl_info to the ethnl parse_request operation
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:58:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323095833.136266-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> (raw)
The .parse_request() ethnl operation extracts the relevant attributes
from the netlink request to populate the private req_info.
By passing genl_info as a parameter to this callback, we can use
the GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK() macro to check for missing mandatory
parameters.
This macro has the advantage of returning a better error explanation
through the netlink_ext_ack struct.
Convert the eeprom ethnl code to this macro, as it's the only command
yet that has mandatory request parameters.
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
---
net/ethtool/eeprom.c | 12 +++++++-----
net/ethtool/netlink.c | 3 ++-
net/ethtool/netlink.h | 1 +
net/ethtool/pause.c | 1 +
| 4 +++-
net/ethtool/stats.c | 1 +
net/ethtool/strset.c | 1 +
net/ethtool/tsinfo.c | 4 +++-
8 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ethtool/eeprom.c b/net/ethtool/eeprom.c
index caf1e41e676b..a557e3996c85 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/eeprom.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/eeprom.c
@@ -150,15 +150,17 @@ static int eeprom_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
return ret;
}
-static int eeprom_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct nlattr **tb,
+static int eeprom_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
+ struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct eeprom_req_info *request = MODULE_EEPROM_REQINFO(req_info);
- if (!tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_OFFSET] ||
- !tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_LENGTH] ||
- !tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE] ||
- !tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS])
+ if (GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_OFFSET) ||
+ GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_LENGTH) ||
+ GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE) ||
+ GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS))
return -EINVAL;
request->i2c_address = nla_get_u8(tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS]);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 14cb06ec5171..5046023a30b1 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ static int ethnl_default_parse(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
return ret;
if (request_ops->parse_request) {
- ret = request_ops->parse_request(req_info, tb, info->extack);
+ ret = request_ops->parse_request(req_info, info, tb,
+ info->extack);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_dev;
}
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 89010eaa67df..aaf6f2468768 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ struct ethnl_request_ops {
u8 set_ntf_cmd;
int (*parse_request)(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int (*prepare_data)(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/pause.c b/net/ethtool/pause.c
index 29f812e935b6..ccaec8e878b2 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/pause.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/pause.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_pause_get_policy[] = {
};
static int pause_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
--git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 0f4e5cd2ac71..b6c9b89ff6fb 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_rss_get_policy[] = {
};
static int
-rss_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct nlattr **tb,
+rss_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
+ struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct rss_req_info *request = RSS_REQINFO(req_info);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/stats.c b/net/ethtool/stats.c
index 38136f19b2ec..9b0d8cb07675 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/stats.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/stats.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_stats_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_STATS_SRC + 1] = {
};
static int stats_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
diff --git a/net/ethtool/strset.c b/net/ethtool/strset.c
index aa1e50c98f34..9271aba8255e 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/strset.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/strset.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy strset_stringsets_policy[] = {
};
static int strset_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
index 9aad62695dfb..a865f0fdd26b 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ int ts_parse_hwtst_provider(const struct nlattr *nest,
}
static int
-tsinfo_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base, struct nlattr **tb,
+tsinfo_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
+ const struct genl_info *info,
+ struct nlattr **tb,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct tsinfo_req_info *req = TSINFO_REQINFO(req_base);
--
2.49.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 9:58 Maxime Chevallier [this message]
2026-03-24 3:00 ` [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: pass genl_info to the ethnl parse_request operation Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-25 3:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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