[PATCH net-next 06/11] ethtool: Add MAC loopback support via ethtool_ops
From: Björn Töpel
Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 06:51:27 EST
Extend struct ethtool_ops with three loopback callbacks that drivers
can implement for MAC-level loopback control:
- get_loopback(dev, name, id, entry): exact lookup by name and
instance id, used by doit (single-entry GET) requests.
- get_loopback_by_index(dev, index, entry): flat enumeration by
index, used by dumpit (multi-entry GET) requests to iterate all
loopback points on a device.
- set_loopback(dev, entry, extack): apply a loopback configuration
change. Returns 1 if hardware state changed, 0 if no-op.
Wire the MAC component into loopback.c's dispatch functions. For dump
enumeration, MAC entries are tried first via the driver's
get_loopback_by_index() op, then MODULE/CMIS entries follow at the
next index offset.
Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ethtool.h | 7 ++++++
net/ethtool/loopback.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index c9beca11fc40..8893e732f930 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -1321,6 +1321,13 @@ struct ethtool_ops {
int (*set_mm)(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_mm_cfg *cfg,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
void (*get_mm_stats)(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_mm_stats *stats);
+ int (*get_loopback)(struct net_device *dev, const char *name,
+ u32 id, struct ethtool_loopback_entry *entry);
+ int (*get_loopback_by_index)(struct net_device *dev, u32 index,
+ struct ethtool_loopback_entry *entry);
+ int (*set_loopback)(struct net_device *dev,
+ const struct ethtool_loopback_entry *entry,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
};
int ethtool_check_ops(const struct ethtool_ops *ops);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/loopback.c b/net/ethtool/loopback.c
index ed184f45322e..9c5834be743f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/loopback.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/loopback.c
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ static int loopback_get(struct net_device *dev,
struct ethtool_loopback_entry *entry)
{
switch (component) {
+ case ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MAC:
+ if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_loopback)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ return dev->ethtool_ops->get_loopback(dev, name, id, entry);
case ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MODULE:
return ethtool_cmis_get_loopback(dev, name, entry);
default:
@@ -93,10 +97,22 @@ static int loopback_get(struct net_device *dev,
}
}
-static int loopback_get_by_index(struct net_device *dev, u32 index,
+static int loopback_get_by_index(struct net_device *dev,
+ enum ethtool_loopback_component component,
+ u32 index,
struct ethtool_loopback_entry *entry)
{
- return ethtool_cmis_get_loopback_by_index(dev, index, entry);
+ switch (component) {
+ case ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MAC:
+ if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_loopback_by_index)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ return dev->ethtool_ops->get_loopback_by_index(dev, index,
+ entry);
+ case ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MODULE:
+ return ethtool_cmis_get_loopback_by_index(dev, index, entry);
+ default:
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
}
static int loopback_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
@@ -116,7 +132,8 @@ static int loopback_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
ret = loopback_get(dev, req_info->component, req_info->id,
req_info->name, &data->entry);
else
- ret = loopback_get_by_index(dev, req_info->index, &data->entry);
+ ret = loopback_get_by_index(dev, req_info->component,
+ req_info->index, &data->entry);
ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
@@ -225,6 +242,10 @@ static int __loopback_set(struct net_device *dev,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
switch (entry->component) {
+ case ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MAC:
+ if (!dev->ethtool_ops->set_loopback)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ return dev->ethtool_ops->set_loopback(dev, entry, extack);
case ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MODULE:
return ethtool_cmis_set_loopback(dev, entry, extack);
default:
@@ -274,20 +295,31 @@ static int loopback_dump_one_dev(struct sk_buff *skb,
{
struct loopback_req_info *req_info =
container_of(ctx->req_info, struct loopback_req_info, base);
+ /* pos_sub encodes: upper 16 bits = component phase, lower 16 = index
+ * within that component. dump_one_dev is called repeatedly with
+ * increasing pos_sub until all components are exhausted.
+ */
+ enum ethtool_loopback_component phase = *pos_sub >> 16;
+ u32 idx = *pos_sub & 0xffff;
int ret;
- for (;; (*pos_sub)++) {
- req_info->index = *pos_sub;
- ret = ethnl_default_dump_one(skb, ctx->req_info->dev, ctx,
- info);
- if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
- break;
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ for (; phase <= ETHTOOL_LOOPBACK_COMPONENT_MODULE; phase++) {
+ for (;; idx++) {
+ req_info->component = phase;
+ req_info->index = idx;
+ ret = ethnl_default_dump_one(skb, ctx->req_info->dev,
+ ctx, info);
+ if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ break;
+ if (ret) {
+ *pos_sub = ((unsigned long)phase << 16) | idx;
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+ idx = 0;
}
*pos_sub = 0;
-
return 0;
}
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2.53.0