[PATCH net-next 15/15] gve: add link status/speed ctrl ops

From: Harshitha Ramamurthy

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 14:04:07 EST


From: Joshua Washington <joshwash@xxxxxxxxxx>

Refactor link status check to use a control plane op. Introduce
new op for retrieving the link status in AQ mode. This op reads
the link status from the device status register and stores the
value in priv.

Also add an op for retrieving link speed in AQ mode which calls into
gve_adminq_report_link_speed.

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h | 5 ++++
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c | 9 ++++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c | 3 +--
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c | 23 +++++++++++--------
5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
index 6cd993221488..67f0633e4b89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
@@ -846,6 +846,8 @@ struct gve_device_info {
* @reset_flow_rules: Flush all flow rules from device
* @create_queues: Sends commands to the device to create TX/RX queues.
* @destroy_queues: Sends commands to the device to destroy TX/RX queues.
+ * @report_link_status: Set link status into @priv->link_up
+ * @report_link_speed: Set link status into @priv->link_speed
*/
struct gve_ctrl_ops {
int (*map_db_bar)(struct gve_priv *priv);
@@ -866,6 +868,8 @@ struct gve_ctrl_ops {
int (*reset_flow_rules)(struct gve_priv *priv);
int (*create_queues)(struct gve_priv *priv);
int (*destroy_queues)(struct gve_priv *priv);
+ int (*report_link_status)(struct gve_priv *priv);
+ int (*report_link_speed)(struct gve_priv *priv);
};

struct gve_priv {
@@ -975,6 +979,7 @@ struct gve_priv {

/* Gvnic device link speed from hypervisor. */
u64 link_speed;
+ bool link_up;
bool up_before_suspend; /* True if dev was up before suspend */

bool mgmt_irq_requested;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
index c4932a258244..81c81bf1fd5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
@@ -1897,3 +1897,12 @@ int gve_adminq_create_queues(struct gve_priv *priv)

return err;
}
+
+int gve_adminq_report_link_status(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+ u32 status;
+
+ status = ioread32be(&priv->reg_bar0->device_status);
+ priv->link_up = !!(GVE_DEVICE_STATUS_LINK_STATUS_MASK & status);
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
index 8c72295bfc15..979ffe693229 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ int gve_adminq_report_stats(struct gve_priv *priv, u64 stats_report_len,
dma_addr_t stats_report_addr, u64 interval);
int gve_adminq_verify_driver_compatibility(struct gve_priv *priv);
int gve_adminq_get_device_properties(struct gve_priv *priv);
+int gve_adminq_report_link_status(struct gve_priv *priv);
int gve_adminq_report_link_speed(struct gve_priv *priv);
int gve_adminq_add_flow_rule(struct gve_priv *priv, struct gve_adminq_flow_rule *rule, u32 loc);
int gve_adminq_del_flow_rule(struct gve_priv *priv, u32 loc);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c
index 1a54bbd2cbf6..71ed62fb1d71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ethtool.c
@@ -752,12 +752,11 @@ static int gve_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
int err = 0;

if (priv->link_speed == 0)
- err = gve_adminq_report_link_speed(priv);
+ err = priv->ctrl_ops->report_link_speed(priv);

cmd->base.speed = priv->link_speed;

cmd->base.duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
-
return err;
}

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
index dfc734d8bec9..181ec6919051 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
@@ -1475,15 +1475,15 @@ static int gve_close(struct net_device *dev)
return err;
}

-static void gve_handle_link_status(struct gve_priv *priv, bool link_status)
+static void gve_handle_link_status(struct gve_priv *priv)
{
if (!gve_get_napi_enabled(priv))
return;

- if (link_status == netif_carrier_ok(priv->dev))
+ if (priv->link_up == netif_carrier_ok(priv->dev))
return;

- if (link_status) {
+ if (priv->link_up) {
netdev_info(priv->dev, "Device link is up.\n");
netif_carrier_on(priv->dev);
} else {
@@ -1510,7 +1510,6 @@ static int gve_set_xdp(struct gve_priv *priv, struct bpf_prog *prog,
{
struct bpf_prog *old_prog;
int err = 0;
- u32 status;

old_prog = READ_ONCE(priv->xdp_prog);
if (!netif_running(priv->dev)) {
@@ -1537,8 +1536,8 @@ static int gve_set_xdp(struct gve_priv *priv, struct bpf_prog *prog,
bpf_prog_put(old_prog);

out:
- status = ioread32be(&priv->reg_bar0->device_status);
- gve_handle_link_status(priv, GVE_DEVICE_STATUS_LINK_STATUS_MASK & status);
+ priv->ctrl_ops->report_link_status(priv);
+ gve_handle_link_status(priv);
return err;
}

@@ -1971,11 +1970,11 @@ static void gve_turnup(struct gve_priv *priv)

static void gve_turnup_and_check_status(struct gve_priv *priv)
{
- u32 status;
+ const struct gve_ctrl_ops *ops = priv->ctrl_ops;

gve_turnup(priv);
- status = ioread32be(&priv->reg_bar0->device_status);
- gve_handle_link_status(priv, GVE_DEVICE_STATUS_LINK_STATUS_MASK & status);
+ ops->report_link_status(priv);
+ gve_handle_link_status(priv);
}

static struct gve_notify_block *gve_get_tx_notify_block(struct gve_priv *priv,
@@ -2299,12 +2298,14 @@ static void gve_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct gve_priv *priv = container_of(work, struct gve_priv,
service_task);
+ const struct gve_ctrl_ops *ops = priv->ctrl_ops;
u32 status = ioread32be(&priv->reg_bar0->device_status);

gve_handle_status(priv, status);

gve_handle_reset(priv);
- gve_handle_link_status(priv, GVE_DEVICE_STATUS_LINK_STATUS_MASK & status);
+ ops->report_link_status(priv);
+ gve_handle_link_status(priv);
}

static void gve_set_netdev_xdp_features(struct gve_priv *priv)
@@ -2427,6 +2428,8 @@ static const struct gve_ctrl_ops gve_adminq_ops = {
.teardown_mgmt_irq = gve_adminq_teardown_mgmt_irq,
.create_queues = gve_adminq_create_queues,
.destroy_queues = gve_adminq_destroy_queues,
+ .report_link_status = gve_adminq_report_link_status,
+ .report_link_speed = gve_adminq_report_link_speed,
};

static int gve_init_priv(struct gve_priv *priv)
--
2.54.0.669.g59709faab0-goog