[PATCH net-next v4 03/10] enic: add admin RQ buffer management

From: Satish Kharat via B4 Relay

Date: Sun Apr 12 2026 - 01:08:08 EST


From: Satish Kharat <satishkh@xxxxxxxxx>

The admin receive queue needs pre-posted DMA buffers for incoming
mailbox messages from VFs. Each buffer is a kmalloc'd region mapped
for DMA (2048 bytes, sufficient for any MBOX message).

Add enic_admin_rq_fill() to post buffers at open time, and
enic_admin_rq_drain() to unmap and free them at close time.
Wire both into the admin channel open/close paths.

Signed-off-by: Satish Kharat <satishkh@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_admin.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_admin.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_admin.c
index d1abe6a50095..a8fcd5f116d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_admin.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_admin.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>

#include "vnic_dev.h"
#include "vnic_wq.h"
@@ -23,10 +24,63 @@ static void enic_admin_wq_buf_clean(struct vnic_wq *wq,
{
}

-/* No-op: admin RQ buffer teardown is handled in enic_admin_channel_close */
static void enic_admin_rq_buf_clean(struct vnic_rq *rq,
struct vnic_rq_buf *buf)
{
+ struct enic *enic = vnic_dev_priv(rq->vdev);
+
+ if (!buf->os_buf)
+ return;
+
+ dma_unmap_single(&enic->pdev->dev, buf->dma_addr, buf->len,
+ DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+ kfree(buf->os_buf);
+ buf->os_buf = NULL;
+}
+
+static int enic_admin_rq_post_one(struct enic *enic)
+{
+ struct vnic_rq *rq = &enic->admin_rq;
+ struct rq_enet_desc *desc;
+ dma_addr_t dma_addr;
+ void *buf;
+
+ buf = kmalloc(ENIC_ADMIN_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ dma_addr = dma_map_single(&enic->pdev->dev, buf, ENIC_ADMIN_BUF_SIZE,
+ DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+ if (dma_mapping_error(&enic->pdev->dev, dma_addr)) {
+ kfree(buf);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ desc = vnic_rq_next_desc(rq);
+ rq_enet_desc_enc(desc, (u64)dma_addr | VNIC_PADDR_TARGET,
+ RQ_ENET_TYPE_ONLY_SOP, ENIC_ADMIN_BUF_SIZE);
+ vnic_rq_post(rq, buf, 0, dma_addr, ENIC_ADMIN_BUF_SIZE, 0);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int enic_admin_rq_fill(struct enic *enic)
+{
+ struct vnic_rq *rq = &enic->admin_rq;
+ int err;
+
+ while (vnic_rq_desc_avail(rq) > 0) {
+ err = enic_admin_rq_post_one(enic);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void enic_admin_rq_drain(struct enic *enic)
+{
+ vnic_rq_clean(&enic->admin_rq, enic_admin_rq_buf_clean);
}

static int enic_admin_qp_type_set(struct enic *enic, u32 enable)
@@ -138,6 +192,13 @@ int enic_admin_channel_open(struct enic *enic)
vnic_wq_enable(&enic->admin_wq);
vnic_rq_enable(&enic->admin_rq);

+ err = enic_admin_rq_fill(enic);
+ if (err) {
+ netdev_err(enic->netdev,
+ "Failed to fill admin RQ buffers: %d\n", err);
+ goto disable_queues;
+ }
+
err = enic_admin_qp_type_set(enic, 1);
if (err) {
netdev_err(enic->netdev,
@@ -151,6 +212,7 @@ int enic_admin_channel_open(struct enic *enic)
vnic_wq_disable(&enic->admin_wq);
vnic_rq_disable(&enic->admin_rq);
enic_admin_qp_type_set(enic, 0);
+ enic_admin_rq_drain(enic);
enic_admin_free_resources(enic);
return err;
}
@@ -166,7 +228,7 @@ void enic_admin_channel_close(struct enic *enic)
enic_admin_qp_type_set(enic, 0);

vnic_wq_clean(&enic->admin_wq, enic_admin_wq_buf_clean);
- vnic_rq_clean(&enic->admin_rq, enic_admin_rq_buf_clean);
+ enic_admin_rq_drain(enic);
vnic_cq_clean(&enic->admin_cq[0]);
vnic_cq_clean(&enic->admin_cq[1]);
vnic_intr_clean(&enic->admin_intr);

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