From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtpout-02.galae.net (smtpout-02.galae.net [185.246.84.56]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4B4C3A1D0A for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.246.84.56 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774426824; cv=none; b=CHjbxWxaU9jTnXM2wD8qD+t7qjx+SU48IoPS2MBDHki+CDaPM9uKD68hBvIlNGCM64G8BrzlvaN9BanRz2elWyg4hwfjlj73D/R4fajnbArUEO6w97gvtIdvrK0Jq4ZwuNLQPzftacGJ4k0FsIb18IqASRFwmamhSjDf9voR0u0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774426824; c=relaxed/simple; bh=UYe4RVSsWw7xZOwqfKLieTsZPxT6eV+QWjzm1aIqAoM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=NTCNZIqKZeAQCSnqL3VLzckHw/GOHLmX4iFhA6yudT5iBPodsrUwG8VgNyo23P9x4grdjadGsGO7lIHleqz5ysr50CExP2bJ9X4SkA4kKrRgzoxKoSR/cIPaFT7oz0nUlTeEIn5ZvHHP8FE9+1xt9ds5f2P8gF8wkwaotc4XhWI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bootlin.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=bootlin.com header.i=@bootlin.com header.b=Hfaz84Bk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.246.84.56 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=bootlin.com header.i=@bootlin.com header.b="Hfaz84Bk" Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-02.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B66E1A2FDF; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5915F601A1; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 5FE391045136D; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:20:17 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1774426820; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=vIwC37ckfpx7X0B48piz4NlvspAcnVk1yE/7+O3nieo=; b=Hfaz84Bky8xJewfW8nYrf/tcERTe4/7cBL7eCJA6ndkPjURcTJFXPFO9c1kylP6U32I6av mUm0vuX5W6TcviKWhwA3vM+YxE8lUqmvvVeQjZE6S8xtZheZxsnTlY4BTP9KzINYOFX+Gm 7FiToo0mRFic6FKKj3dSKyaCgDYKtQmiT1D37ByyC6Qw3B9WlcX5o85caV3PBHQUFWz7pq MxXfk97SWw0sEEISmFKaxuNctzr+6R6VYMZb7kRdBeZEzW6T+Z04S+JUR2lfIi6a/vxsL9 bRCJmhmBBCkMZUcRZoqYujGRPvPMxT3hkjffBcqLQ8D8Wz/AUrF7B3mKaz440w== From: Maxime Chevallier To: davem@davemloft.net, Andrew Lunn , Jakub Kicinski , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , Russell King , Heiner Kallweit Cc: Maxime Chevallier , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com, Christophe Leroy , Herve Codina , Florian Fainelli , Vladimir Oltean , =?UTF-8?q?K=C3=B6ry=20Maincent?= , =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Beh=C3=BAn?= , Oleksij Rempel , =?UTF-8?q?Nicol=C3=B2=20Veronese?= , Simon Horman , mwojtas@chromium.org, Romain Gantois , Daniel Golle , Dimitri Fedrau Subject: [PATCH net-next v8 09/10] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:19:34 +0100 Message-ID: <20260325081937.571115-10-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.49.0 In-Reply-To: <20260325081937.571115-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> References: <20260325081937.571115-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 Ethernet network interfaces may have more than one front-facing port. The phy_port infrastructure was introduced to keep track of these ports, and allow userspace to know about the presence and capability of these ports. Add a ethnl netlink message to report this information. Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier --- Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml | 50 +++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 35 +++++++++++++ .../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | 19 +++++++ 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml index 5dd4d1b5d94b..9b907f40aba0 100644 --- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml +++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml @@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ definitions: - name: discard value: 31 + - + name: port-type + type: enum + entries: [mdi, sfp] attribute-sets: - @@ -1905,6 +1909,32 @@ attribute-sets: name: link type: nest nested-attributes: mse-snapshot + - + name: port + attr-cnt-name: --ethtool-a-port-cnt + attributes: + - + name: header + type: nest + nested-attributes: header + - + name: id + type: u32 + - + name: supported-modes + type: nest + nested-attributes: bitset + - + name: supported-interfaces + type: nest + nested-attributes: bitset + - + name: type + type: u32 + enum: port-type + - + name: vacant + type: u32 operations: enum-model: directional @@ -2859,6 +2889,26 @@ operations: - worst-channel - link dump: *mse-get-op + - + name: port-get + doc: Get ports attached to an interface + + attribute-set: port + + do: &port-get-op + request: + attributes: + - header + - id + reply: + attributes: + - header + - id + - supported-modes + - supported-interfaces + - type + - vacant + dump: *port-get-op mcast-groups: list: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index e92abf45faf5..0a5dfba55870 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -2537,6 +2537,40 @@ Within each channel nest, only the metrics supported by the PHY will be present. See ``struct phy_mse_snapshot`` kernel documentation in ``include/linux/phy.h``. +PORT_GET +======== + +Retrieve information about the physical connection points of a network device, +referred to as "ports". User needs to specify a PORT_ID for the DO operation, +in which case the DO request returns information about that specific port. + +As there can be more than one port, the DUMP operation can be used to list the +ports present on a given interface, by passing an interface index or name in +the dump request. + +Request contents: + + ===================================== ====== =============================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID`` u32 port id + ===================================== ====== =============================== + +Kernel response contents: + + ======================================= ====== ============================= + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER`` nested request header + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID`` u32 the port's unique identifier, + per netdevice. + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES`` bitset bitset of supported linkmodes + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES`` bitset bitset of supported MII + interfaces + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE`` u8 the port type + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_VACANT`` u8 for non-mdi ports, indicates + if the port is connected to + another device that could + expose a MDI + ======================================= ====== ============================= + Request translation =================== @@ -2647,4 +2681,5 @@ are netlink only. n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET`` ``SIOCGHWTSTAMP`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET`` ``SIOCSHWTSTAMP`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET`` + n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET`` =================================== ===================================== diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h index 8134baf7860f..ee26d59453e6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ enum ethtool_pse_event { ETHTOOL_PSE_EVENT_SW_PW_CONTROL_ERROR = 64, }; +enum ethtool_port_type { + ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_MDI, + ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_SFP, +}; + enum { ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_UNSPEC, ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX, @@ -840,6 +845,18 @@ enum { ETHTOOL_A_MSE_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_MSE_CNT - 1) }; +enum { + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER = 1, + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID, + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES, + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES, + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE, + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_VACANT, + + __ETHTOOL_A_PORT_CNT, + ETHTOOL_A_PORT_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_PORT_CNT - 1) +}; + enum { ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_NONE = 0, ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET = 1, @@ -893,6 +910,7 @@ enum { ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_ACT, ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_ACT, ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET, + ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET, __ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT, ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT - 1) @@ -954,6 +972,7 @@ enum { ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_NTF, ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_NTF, ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET_REPLY, + ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET_REPLY, __ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT, ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT - 1) -- 2.49.0