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From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Adithya Jayachandran <ajayachandra@nvidia.com>,
	Chris Mi <cmi@nvidia.com>, Daniel Jurgens <danielj@nvidia.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
	<linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
	Moshe Shemesh <moshe@nvidia.com>,
	Or Har-Toov <ohartoov@nvidia.com>,
	Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>, Shay Drori <shayd@nvidia.com>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] devlink: print controller prefix for non-zero controller
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 14:17:25 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702111726.816985-2-tariqt@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702111726.816985-1-tariqt@nvidia.com>

From: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@nvidia.com>

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 <moshe@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
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;
-- 
2.44.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-02 11:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-02 11:17 [PATCH net-next 0/2] devlink: extend phys_port_name controller prefix to non-external ports Tariq Toukan
2026-07-02 11:17 ` Tariq Toukan [this message]
2026-07-02 11:17 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net/mlx5: Set satellite PF devlink ports as non-external Tariq Toukan

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