Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: expose IRQ number

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Mon Apr 29 2019 - 12:20:33 EST


On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:01:07 +0200
RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Knowing IRQ number makes e.g. reading /proc/interrupts much simpler.
> It's more reliable than guessing device name used by a driver when
> calling request_irq().
>
> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I found a script parsing /proc/interrupts for a given interface name. It wasn't
> working for me as it assumed request_irq() was called with a device name. It's
> not a case for all drivers.
>
> I also found some other people looking for a proper solution for that:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/275075/programmatically-determine-the-irqs-associated-with-a-network-interface
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7516984/retrieving-irq-number-of-a-nic
>
> Let me know if this solution makes sense. I can say it works for me ;)
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net | 7 +++++++
> net/core/net-sysfs.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
> index 664a8f6a634f..33440fe77ca7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
> @@ -301,3 +301,10 @@ Contact: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Description:
> 32-bit unsigned integer counting the number of times the link has
> been down
> +
> +What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/irq
> +Date: April 2019
> +KernelVersion: 5.2
> +Contact: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +Description:
> + IRQ number used by device
> diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> index e4fd68389d6f..a3eb7c3f1f37 100644
> --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
> @@ -512,6 +512,21 @@ static ssize_t phys_switch_id_show(struct device *dev,
> }
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(phys_switch_id);
>
> +static ssize_t irq_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)
> +{
> + const struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
> + ssize_t ret;
> +
> + if (!rtnl_trylock())
> + return restart_syscall();
> + ret = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", netdev->irq);
> + rtnl_unlock();
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(irq);
> +
> static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] __ro_after_init = {
> &dev_attr_netdev_group.attr,
> &dev_attr_type.attr,
> @@ -542,6 +557,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] __ro_after_init = {
> &dev_attr_proto_down.attr,
> &dev_attr_carrier_up_count.attr,
> &dev_attr_carrier_down_count.attr,
> + &dev_attr_irq.attr,
> NULL,
> };
> ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(net_class);

Can't you find this on the PCI side already?
$ ls /sys/class/net/eno1/device/msi_irqs/
37 38 39 40 41