Re: [PATCH net-next v5 13/22] ethtool: provide driver/device information in GET_INFO request

[Jiri Pirko]

Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 06:08:33PM CET, mkubecek@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Implement GET_INFO request to get basic driver and device information as
>provided by ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO ioct command. The information is read only so
>that the corresponding SET_INFO message is only used in kernel replies.
>
>Move most of ethtool_get_drvinfo() int common.c so that the code can be
>shared by both ioctl and netlink interface.
>
>Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
>---
> Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.txt |  43 ++++-
> include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h         |  30 ++++
> net/ethtool/Makefile                         |   2 +-
> net/ethtool/common.c                         |  52 ++++++
> net/ethtool/common.h                         |   2 +
> net/ethtool/info.c                           | 158 +++++++++++++++++++
> net/ethtool/ioctl.c                          |  50 +-----
> net/ethtool/netlink.c                        |   8 +
> net/ethtool/netlink.h                        |   1 +
> 9 files changed, 299 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 net/ethtool/info.c
>
>diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.txt b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.txt
>index 1508c16a236e..cffa508ca6c6 100644
>--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.txt
>+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.txt
>@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ List of message types
>     ETHNL_CMD_EVENT			notification only
>     ETHNL_CMD_GET_STRSET
>     ETHNL_CMD_SET_STRSET		response only
>+    ETHNL_CMD_GET_INFO
>+    ETHNL_CMD_SET_INFO			response only
> 
> All constants use ETHNL_CMD_ prefix, usually followed by "GET", "SET" or "ACT"
> to indicate the type.
>@@ -209,6 +211,45 @@ ETHA_STRSET_COUNTS tells kernel to only return string counts of the sets, not
> the actual strings.
> 
> 
>+GET_INFO
>+--------
>+
>+GET_INFO requests information provided by ioctl commands ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO,
>+ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR and ETHTOOL_GET_TS_INFO to provide basic device information.
>+Common pattern is that all information is read only so that SET_INFO message
>+exists but is only used by kernel for replies to GET_INFO requests. There is
>+also no corresponding notification.
>+
>+Request contents:
>+
>+    ETHA_INFO_DEV		(nested)	device identification
>+    ETHA_INFO_INFOMASK		(u32)		info mask
>+    ETHA_INFO_COMPACT		(flag)		request compact bitsets
>+
>+Info mask bits meaning:
>+
>+    ETH_INFO_IM_DRVINFO			driver info (GDRVINFO)
>+    ETH_INFO_IM_PERMADDR		permanent HW address (GPERMADDR)
>+    ETH_INFO_IM_TSINFO			timestamping info (GET_TS_INFO)
>+
>+Kernel response contents:
>+
>+    ETHA_INFO_DEV		(nested)	device identification
>+    ETHA_INFO_DRVINFO		(nested)	driver information
>+        ETHA_DRVINFO_DRIVER		(string)	driver name
>+        ETHA_DRVINFO_FWVERSION		(string)	firmware version
>+        ETHA_DRVINFO_BUSINFO		(string)	device bus address
>+        ETHA_DRVINFO_EROM_VER		(string)	expansion ROM version

These are already very nicely supported in devlink. No need to duplicate
here.