[PATCH net-next 04/15] gve: add a few helper functions to set device properties

From: Harshitha Ramamurthy

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 14:01:41 EST


For the mailbox ABI, device properties will come from a different
source compared to the AdminQ mode. To accommodate the new source
when the mailbox ABI is added, add a few helper functions to set a
few device properties. Those functions are:

- gve_set_queue_properties() to set no. of pages for QPL mode and
number of queues in general
- gve_set_mtu()
- gve_set_mac()

This is just code movement, no functional change.

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c | 38 +++-------------
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h | 6 +++
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
index c102f707e284..ac546a245ef3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
@@ -945,19 +945,6 @@ int gve_adminq_destroy_rx_queues(struct gve_priv *priv, u32 num_queues)
return err;
}

-static void gve_set_default_desc_cnt(struct gve_priv *priv,
- const struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor)
-{
- priv->tx_desc_cnt = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->tx_queue_entries);
- priv->rx_desc_cnt = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->rx_queue_entries);
-
- /* set default ranges */
- priv->max_tx_desc_cnt = priv->tx_desc_cnt;
- priv->max_rx_desc_cnt = priv->rx_desc_cnt;
- priv->min_tx_desc_cnt = priv->tx_desc_cnt;
- priv->min_rx_desc_cnt = priv->rx_desc_cnt;
-}
-
static void gve_set_default_rss_sizes(struct gve_priv *priv)
{
if (!gve_is_gqi(priv)) {
@@ -1074,8 +1061,6 @@ int gve_adminq_describe_device(struct gve_priv *priv)
union gve_adminq_command cmd;
dma_addr_t descriptor_bus;
int err = 0;
- u8 *mac;
- u16 mtu;

memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
descriptor = dma_pool_alloc(priv->adminq_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
@@ -1137,26 +1122,17 @@ int gve_adminq_describe_device(struct gve_priv *priv)
"Driver is running with GQI QPL queue format.\n");
}

- /* set default descriptor counts */
- gve_set_default_desc_cnt(priv, descriptor);
-
gve_set_default_rss_sizes(priv);

- priv->max_registered_pages =
- be64_to_cpu(descriptor->max_registered_pages);
- mtu = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->mtu);
- if (mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU) {
- dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev, "MTU %d below minimum MTU\n", mtu);
- err = -EINVAL;
+ err = gve_set_mtu(priv, descriptor);
+ if (err)
goto free_device_descriptor;
- }
- priv->dev->max_mtu = mtu;
+
priv->num_event_counters = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->counters);
- eth_hw_addr_set(priv->dev, descriptor->mac);
- mac = descriptor->mac;
- dev_info(&priv->pdev->dev, "MAC addr: %pM\n", mac);
- priv->tx_pages_per_qpl = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->tx_pages_per_qpl);
- priv->default_num_queues = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->default_num_queues);
+
+ gve_set_mac(priv, descriptor);
+
+ gve_set_queue_properties(priv, descriptor);

gve_enable_supported_features(priv, supported_features_mask,
dev_op_jumbo_frames, dev_op_dqo_qpl,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
index 107c21b7b047..53ac1a28b26a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
@@ -655,5 +655,11 @@ int gve_adminq_report_nic_ts(struct gve_priv *priv,
struct gve_ptype_lut;
int gve_adminq_get_ptype_map_dqo(struct gve_priv *priv,
struct gve_ptype_lut *ptype_lut);
+void gve_set_queue_properties(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor);
+int gve_set_mtu(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor);
+void gve_set_mac(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor);

#endif /* _GVE_ADMINQ_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
index eb2d768e5881..338dc0b3249a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
@@ -2400,6 +2400,52 @@ static void gve_set_num_queues(struct gve_priv *priv)
priv->tx_cfg.max_queues, priv->rx_cfg.max_queues);
}

+static void gve_set_default_desc_cnt(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ const struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor)
+{
+ priv->tx_desc_cnt = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->tx_queue_entries);
+ priv->rx_desc_cnt = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->rx_queue_entries);
+
+ /* set default ranges */
+ priv->max_tx_desc_cnt = priv->tx_desc_cnt;
+ priv->max_rx_desc_cnt = priv->rx_desc_cnt;
+ priv->min_tx_desc_cnt = priv->tx_desc_cnt;
+ priv->min_rx_desc_cnt = priv->rx_desc_cnt;
+}
+
+void gve_set_queue_properties(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor)
+{
+ /* set default descriptor counts */
+ gve_set_default_desc_cnt(priv, descriptor);
+
+ priv->max_registered_pages = be64_to_cpu(descriptor->max_registered_pages);
+ priv->tx_pages_per_qpl = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->tx_pages_per_qpl);
+ priv->default_num_queues = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->default_num_queues);
+}
+
+int gve_set_mtu(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor)
+{
+ u16 mtu;
+
+ mtu = be16_to_cpu(descriptor->mtu);
+ if (mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU) {
+ dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev, "MTU %d below minimum MTU\n", mtu);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ priv->dev->max_mtu = mtu;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void gve_set_mac(struct gve_priv *priv,
+ struct gve_device_descriptor *descriptor)
+{
+ eth_hw_addr_set(priv->dev, descriptor->mac);
+ dev_info(&priv->pdev->dev, "MAC addr: %pM\n", descriptor->mac);
+}
+
static int gve_init_priv(struct gve_priv *priv, bool skip_describe_device)
{
int err;
--
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