RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [iwl-net PATCH] idpf: change IRQ naming to match netdev and ethtool queue numbering

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr

Date: Mon Jan 26 2026 - 02:27:40 EST




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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [iwl-net PATCH] idpf: change IRQ naming to
> match netdev and ethtool queue numbering
>
> The code uses the vidx for the IRQ name but that doesn't match ethtool
> reporting or netdev naming, this makes it hard to tune the device and
> associate queues with IRQs. Sequentially requesting irqs starting from
> '0' makes the output consistent.
>
> Before:
>
> ethtool -L eth1 tx 1 combined 3
>
> grep . /proc/irq/*/*idpf*/../smp_affinity_list
> /proc/irq/67/idpf-Mailbox-0/../smp_affinity_list:0-55,112-167
> /proc/irq/68/idpf-eth1-TxRx-1/../smp_affinity_list:0
> /proc/irq/70/idpf-eth1-TxRx-3/../smp_affinity_list:1
> /proc/irq/71/idpf-eth1-TxRx-4/../smp_affinity_list:2
> /proc/irq/72/idpf-eth1-Tx-5/../smp_affinity_list:3
>
> ethtool -S eth1 | grep -v ': 0'
> NIC statistics:
> tx_q-0_pkts: 1002
> tx_q-1_pkts: 2679
> tx_q-2_pkts: 1113
> tx_q-3_pkts: 1192 <----- tx_q-3 vs idpf-eth1-Tx-5
> rx_q-0_pkts: 1143
> rx_q-1_pkts: 3172
> rx_q-2_pkts: 1074
>
> After:
>
> ethtool -L eth1 tx 1 combined 3
>
> grep . /proc/irq/*/*idpf*/../smp_affinity_list
>
> /proc/irq/67/idpf-Mailbox-0/../smp_affinity_list:0-55,112-167
> /proc/irq/68/idpf-eth1-TxRx-0/../smp_affinity_list:0
> /proc/irq/70/idpf-eth1-TxRx-1/../smp_affinity_list:1
> /proc/irq/71/idpf-eth1-TxRx-2/../smp_affinity_list:2
> /proc/irq/72/idpf-eth1-Tx-3/../smp_affinity_list:3
>
> ethtool -S eth1 | grep -v ': 0'
> NIC statistics:
> tx_q-0_pkts: 118
> tx_q-1_pkts: 134
> tx_q-2_pkts: 228
> tx_q-3_pkts: 138 <--- tx_q-3 matches idpf-eth1-Tx-3
> rx_q-0_pkts: 111
> rx_q-1_pkts: 366
> rx_q-2_pkts: 120
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez <brianvv@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> index c2a1fe3c79ec..c1f8dfc570ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> @@ -4093,7 +4093,7 @@ static int idpf_vport_intr_req_irq(struct
> idpf_vport *vport,
> continue;
>
> name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%s-%s-%d", drv_name,
> if_name,
> - vec_name, vidx);
> + vec_name, vector);
>
> err = request_irq(irq_num, idpf_vport_intr_clean_queues,
> 0,
> name, q_vector);
> --
> 2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog

I think could be nice to have proper Fixes: tag, but anyway.
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>