[PATCH net-next v5 01/12] net: ethtool: Add support for ethnl_info_init_ntf helper function

From: Kory Maincent
Date: Tue Feb 18 2025 - 11:20:24 EST


From: Kory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Introduce support for the ethnl_info_init_ntf helper function to enable
initialization of ethtool notifications outside of the netlink.c file.
This change allows for more flexible notification handling.

Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- Use the new helper in ethnl_default_notify function.

Changes in v2:
- new patch.
---
net/ethtool/netlink.c | 7 ++++++-
net/ethtool/netlink.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index b4c45207fa32..bb1a35494935 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static void ethnl_default_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
int reply_len;
int ret;

- genl_info_init_ntf(&info, &ethtool_genl_family, cmd);
+ ethnl_info_init_ntf(&info, cmd);

if (WARN_ONCE(cmd > ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_MAX ||
!ethnl_default_notify_ops[cmd],
@@ -825,6 +825,11 @@ static void ethnl_default_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
typedef void (*ethnl_notify_handler_t)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
const void *data);

+void ethnl_info_init_ntf(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd)
+{
+ genl_info_init_ntf(info, &ethtool_genl_family, cmd);
+}
+
static const ethnl_notify_handler_t ethnl_notify_handlers[] = {
[ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_NTF] = ethnl_default_notify,
[ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKMODES_NTF] = ethnl_default_notify,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index ff69ca0715de..af20a175e111 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ struct ethnl_sock_priv {
int ethnl_sock_priv_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, u32 portid,
enum ethnl_sock_type type);

+void ethnl_info_init_ntf(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd);
+
/**
* struct ethnl_request_ops - unified handling of GET and SET requests
* @request_cmd: command id for request (GET)

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