From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtpout-04.galae.net (smtpout-04.galae.net [185.171.202.116]) (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 634D04C955F for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.171.202.116 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789059740; cv=none; b=Wjzku2tsDfiPaY2emBD+JHZV0YTkZtmLeOw9V6aLgUCJAD/F8bHB5rxL1mJmov9dy6UYv5/4jFkoYqNLVtPykbO5sCZbts79mFu5mBJquyAMZU7CQ01YlYEwcuZQz9260Vyh8ENsjdLZQIxAf/2CTswJ23zkZ6DGNJiX777UXvQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1789059740; c=relaxed/simple; bh=K2w3QLpmWJN4bF10j4tHo70mXlwymGkT5uNeN2VnHkc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=ETq4Ouuu5nZHPx5v8n5o/aJ1Ff3Wp14tZgENKep8xbeG7H/ERbB7LB/9Iom8/EdC112WMM+9iruorHj1G1cpJEdpmMx21pVzi1A0zSG9iYKN812AAKyw7DY89KjLF1XHoC6ZuqlaUIkLZyx421nyVo+QJG/zzk3IGy+1pCLK0dA= 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=cGsD+7w6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.171.202.116 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="cGsD+7w6" Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-04.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B760C653EF; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:02:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17D3B5FC38; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id DE32711C7A1A1; Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:01:58 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1789059721; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=zSL52HqNSkLnBgMdAYt1YJaMvfRtqed8+vPC14qsirU=; b=cGsD+7w6nf+DWRwt4qbZJQZ2U8FRBKwYO3ypXTZizNhl92xQmraMCv48x/NbN4A6sGEkqu R+T4XkFrTyUE3y4K0G6a/NDUKmfoe6yj4WhLn8tpIGHUwzjtrAhwSEjnoxKwd3udFFlLmS b7arV5jNlKJPDVSn4dZsyeXbbIrlLYJrykhroaPKm2weA397F1oHlp5880QmRQuAkuQHPa JyafMZwRvIAJisTpXafHn9V05G4xz07sxfrkSGPqIAfaWje+BZ8QVK6UVgxrvKUFNzpMSD l9sRF7kaV50YXCQo27JEUHusB2+UExHP9xpMyOlHfPZAVBTXjKz+wNPcWMfaSQ== 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 , Frank Wunderlich , Pietro Ameruoso Subject: [PATCH RESEND net-next v17 08/10] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:01:00 +0200 Message-ID: <20260910170103.1029108-9-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260910170103.1029108-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> References: <20260910170103.1029108-1-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 | 55 +++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 34 ++++++++++++ .../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | 22 ++++++++ 3 files changed, 111 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml index 5dd4d1b5d94b..35e028c0be29 100644 --- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml +++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml @@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ definitions: - name: discard value: 31 + - + name: port-type + doc: type of physical connector + type: enum + entries: [mdi, sfp] attribute-sets: - @@ -1905,6 +1910,32 @@ 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: upstream-port + type: u32 operations: enum-model: directional @@ -2859,6 +2890,30 @@ operations: - worst-channel - link dump: *mse-get-op + - + name: port-get + doc: Get ports attached to an interface + + attribute-set: port + + do: + request: + attributes: + - header + - id + reply: &port-get-op-reply + attributes: + - header + - id + - supported-modes + - supported-interfaces + - type + - upstream-port + dump: + request: + attributes: + - header + reply: *port-get-op-reply mcast-groups: list: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index e92abf45faf5..b4326c89b075 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -2537,6 +2537,39 @@ 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`` u32 the port type + ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_UPSTREAM_PORT`` u32 If any, the index of the MII + port that feeds into this + port. + ======================================= ====== ============================= + Request translation =================== @@ -2647,4 +2680,5 @@ 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..660e0c08a766 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h @@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ enum ethtool_pse_event { ETHTOOL_PSE_EVENT_SW_PW_CONTROL_ERROR = 64, }; +/* + * type of physical connector + */ +enum ethtool_port_type { + ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_MDI, + ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_SFP, +}; + enum { ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_UNSPEC, ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX, @@ -840,6 +848,18 @@ 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_UPSTREAM_PORT, + + __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 +913,7 @@ 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 +975,7 @@ 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) -- 2.55.0