[PATCH net-next v6 09/12] gve: introduce new methods to handle IRQ doorbells

From: Harshitha Ramamurthy

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 15:34:58 EST


From: Joshua Washington <joshwash@xxxxxxxxxx>

Introduce `request_db_info` and `release_db_resources` to
`struct gve_ctrl_ops`. These encapsulate the configuration of device
resources (counter arrays and IRQ doorbell indices) which vary between
Admin Queue and Mailbox modes.

Establish the relationship between IRQ doorbell indices and notify
blocks in these new methods instead of directly in notify_block
setup/teardown methods.

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v6:
- update commit message

v4:
- propagate code changes as specified by v3.
v3:
- move allocation of IRQ DB indices and counter array back into
gve_alloc_control_plane_resources() from
gve_adminq_request_db_info().
- Similar to above, move free logic out of
gve_adminq_free_db_resources() and rename all introduced methods
from *free_db_resources to *release_db_resources to reflect the
behavioral change.

drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h | 10 ++
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c | 37 ++++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h | 2 +
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c | 98 ++++++++++----------
4 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
index f624a3e385e4..6c46c842070b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
@@ -834,6 +834,9 @@ struct gve_device_info {
* structures stored in @priv to be used during initialization.
* @set_num_ntfy_blks: Sets no. of vectors into @priv to be used during
* initialization.
+ * @request_db_info: Request and store doorbell information into @priv
+ * @release_db_resources: Release device hold on DMA memory holding doorbell
+ * info (AdminQ only)
* @get_ptype_map: Learn packet type map from device and store it in @priv
* @configure_rss: Set up default RSS configuration
* @setup_stats_report: Set up DMA region for stats report (AdminQ only)
@@ -844,6 +847,8 @@ struct gve_ctrl_ops {
void (*unmap_db_bar)(struct gve_priv *priv);
void (*set_num_queues)(struct gve_priv *priv);
int (*set_num_ntfy_blks)(struct gve_priv *priv);
+ int (*request_db_info)(struct gve_priv *priv);
+ void (*release_db_resources)(struct gve_priv *priv);
int (*get_ptype_map)(struct gve_priv *priv);
int (*configure_rss)(struct gve_priv *priv,
struct ethtool_rxfh_param *param);
@@ -1164,6 +1169,11 @@ static inline u32 gve_rx_idx_to_ntfy(struct gve_priv *priv, u32 queue_idx)
return (priv->num_ntfy_blks / 2) + queue_idx;
}

+static inline u32 gve_ntfy_to_msix_idx(struct gve_priv *priv, u32 ntfy_blk_idx)
+{
+ return ntfy_blk_idx;
+}
+
static inline bool gve_is_qpl(struct gve_priv *priv)
{
return priv->queue_format == GVE_GQI_QPL_FORMAT ||
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
index 1176e13fafc0..b89825a85db8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.c
@@ -1718,3 +1718,40 @@ void gve_adminq_unmap_db_bar(struct gve_priv *priv)

pci_iounmap(pdev, priv->db_bar2);
}
+
+int gve_adminq_request_db_info(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+ int err;
+ int i;
+
+ err = gve_adminq_configure_device_resources(priv,
+ priv->counter_array_bus,
+ priv->num_event_counters,
+ priv->irq_db_indices_bus,
+ priv->num_ntfy_blks);
+ if (unlikely(err)) {
+ dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
+ "could not setup device_resources: err=%d\n", err);
+ return -ENXIO;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < priv->num_ntfy_blks; i++)
+ priv->ntfy_blocks[i].irq_db_index =
+ &priv->irq_db_indices[i].index;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void gve_adminq_release_db_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ /* Log error in deconfigure device, but don't fail. This is only ever
+ * called as a reset is about to be triggered, so it would be redundant
+ * to trigger a reset.
+ */
+ err = gve_adminq_deconfigure_device_resources(priv);
+ if (err)
+ dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
+ "Could not deconfigure device resources: err=%d\n",
+ err);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
index 5e51c060e237..52172bf228eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_adminq.h
@@ -657,4 +657,6 @@ int gve_adminq_set_num_ntfy_blks(struct gve_priv *priv);
void gve_adminq_set_num_queues(struct gve_priv *priv);
int gve_adminq_map_db_bar(struct gve_priv *priv);
void gve_adminq_unmap_db_bar(struct gve_priv *priv);
+int gve_adminq_request_db_info(struct gve_priv *priv);
+void gve_adminq_release_db_resources(struct gve_priv *priv);
#endif /* _GVE_ADMINQ_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
index d2f974a0cc87..84efcdea6be9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
@@ -203,6 +203,30 @@ static void gve_free_counter_array(struct gve_priv *priv)
priv->counter_array = NULL;
}

+static int gve_alloc_irq_db_indices(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+ priv->irq_db_indices =
+ dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
+ priv->num_ntfy_blks *
+ sizeof(*priv->irq_db_indices),
+ &priv->irq_db_indices_bus, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!priv->irq_db_indices)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void gve_free_irq_db_indices(struct gve_priv *priv)
+{
+ if (!priv->irq_db_indices)
+ return;
+
+ dma_free_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev, priv->num_ntfy_blks *
+ sizeof(*priv->irq_db_indices),
+ priv->irq_db_indices, priv->irq_db_indices_bus);
+ priv->irq_db_indices = NULL;
+}
+
/* NIC requests to report stats */
static void gve_stats_report_task(struct work_struct *work)
{
@@ -431,15 +455,6 @@ int gve_napi_poll_dqo(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
static void gve_free_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv)
{
pci_disable_msix(priv->pdev);
- if (priv->irq_db_indices) {
- dma_free_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
- priv->num_ntfy_blks *
- sizeof(*priv->irq_db_indices),
- priv->irq_db_indices,
- priv->irq_db_indices_bus);
- priv->irq_db_indices = NULL;
- }
-
kvfree(priv->ntfy_blocks);
priv->ntfy_blocks = NULL;
kvfree(priv->msix_vectors);
@@ -496,24 +511,14 @@ static int gve_alloc_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv)
priv->rx_cfg.num_queues = priv->rx_cfg.max_queues;
}

- priv->irq_db_indices =
- dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
- priv->num_ntfy_blks *
- sizeof(*priv->irq_db_indices),
- &priv->irq_db_indices_bus, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!priv->irq_db_indices) {
- err = -ENOMEM;
- goto abort;
- }
-
priv->ntfy_blocks = kvzalloc(priv->num_ntfy_blks *
sizeof(*priv->ntfy_blocks), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!priv->ntfy_blocks) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto abort;
}
- return 0;

+ return 0;
abort:
gve_free_notify_blocks(priv);
return err;
@@ -528,13 +533,14 @@ static void gve_teardown_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv)

for (i = 0; i < priv->num_ntfy_blks; i++) {
struct gve_notify_block *block = &priv->ntfy_blocks[i];
+ int msix_idx = gve_ntfy_to_msix_idx(priv, i);

if (!block->irq_requested)
continue;

- irq_set_affinity_hint(priv->msix_vectors[i].vector,
+ irq_set_affinity_hint(priv->msix_vectors[msix_idx].vector,
NULL);
- free_irq(priv->msix_vectors[i].vector, block);
+ free_irq(priv->msix_vectors[msix_idx].vector, block);
block->irq = 0;
block->irq_requested = false;
}
@@ -563,12 +569,11 @@ static int gve_setup_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv)
}
priv->mgmt_irq_requested = true;

- /* Setup the other blocks - the first n-1 vectors */
node_mask = gve_get_node_mask(priv);
cur_cpu = cpumask_first(node_mask);
for (i = 0; i < priv->num_ntfy_blks; i++) {
struct gve_notify_block *block = &priv->ntfy_blocks[i];
- int msix_idx = i;
+ int msix_idx = gve_ntfy_to_msix_idx(priv, i);

snprintf(block->name, sizeof(block->name), "gve-ntfy-blk%d@pci:%s",
i, pci_name(priv->pdev));
@@ -578,14 +583,13 @@ static int gve_setup_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv)
IRQF_NO_AUTOEN, block->name, block);
if (err) {
dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
- "Failed to receive msix vector %d\n", i);
+ "Failed to receive msix vector %d\n", msix_idx);
goto abort;
}
block->irq = priv->msix_vectors[msix_idx].vector;
block->irq_requested = true;
irq_set_affinity_and_hint(block->irq,
cpumask_of(cur_cpu));
- block->irq_db_index = &priv->irq_db_indices[i].index;

cur_cpu = cpumask_next(cur_cpu, node_mask);
/* Wrap once CPUs in the node have been exhausted, or when
@@ -602,7 +606,6 @@ static int gve_setup_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv)
return err;
}

-
static void gve_free_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
{
bitmap_free(priv->xsk_pools);
@@ -611,9 +614,10 @@ static void gve_free_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
kvfree(priv->ptype_lut_dqo);
priv->ptype_lut_dqo = NULL;

- gve_free_stats_report(priv);
- gve_free_notify_blocks(priv);
+ gve_free_irq_db_indices(priv);
gve_free_counter_array(priv);
+ gve_free_notify_blocks(priv);
+ gve_free_stats_report(priv);
gve_free_rss_config_cache(priv);
gve_free_flow_rule_caches(priv);
}
@@ -626,15 +630,18 @@ static int gve_alloc_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
if (err)
return err;
err = gve_alloc_rss_config_cache(priv);
- if (err)
- goto abort;
- err = gve_alloc_counter_array(priv);
if (err)
goto abort;
err = gve_alloc_notify_blocks(priv);
if (err)
goto abort;
err = gve_alloc_stats_report(priv);
+ if (err)
+ goto abort;
+ err = gve_alloc_counter_array(priv);
+ if (err)
+ goto abort;
+ err = gve_alloc_irq_db_indices(priv);
if (err)
goto abort;

@@ -664,15 +671,9 @@ static int gve_setup_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
const struct gve_ctrl_ops *ops = priv->ctrl_ops;
int err;

- err = gve_adminq_configure_device_resources(priv,
- priv->counter_array_bus,
- priv->num_event_counters,
- priv->irq_db_indices_bus,
- priv->num_ntfy_blks);
- if (unlikely(err)) {
- dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
- "could not setup device_resources: err=%d\n", err);
- err = -ENXIO;
+ err = ops->request_db_info(priv);
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev, "Failed to get db info");
return err;
}

@@ -681,7 +682,7 @@ static int gve_setup_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
if (err) {
dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
"Failed to get ptype map: err=%d\n", err);
- goto deconfigure_device;
+ goto release_db_resources;
}
}

@@ -711,8 +712,8 @@ static int gve_setup_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)

teardown_clock:
gve_teardown_clock(priv);
-deconfigure_device:
- gve_adminq_deconfigure_device_resources(priv);
+release_db_resources:
+ ops->release_db_resources(priv);
return err;
}

@@ -745,12 +746,7 @@ static void gve_teardown_control_plane_resources(struct gve_priv *priv)
dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
"Failed to detach stats report: err=%d\n", err);
gve_teardown_clock(priv);
-
- err = gve_adminq_deconfigure_device_resources(priv);
- if (err)
- dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev,
- "Could not deconfigure device resources: err=%d\n",
- err);
+ ops->release_db_resources(priv);
}

gve_clear_device_resources_ok(priv);
@@ -2502,6 +2498,8 @@ static const struct gve_ctrl_ops gve_adminq_ops = {
.reset_flow_rules = gve_adminq_reset_flow_rules,
.setup_stats_report = gve_adminq_report_stats,
.configure_rss = gve_adminq_configure_rss,
+ .request_db_info = gve_adminq_request_db_info,
+ .release_db_resources = gve_adminq_release_db_resources,
};

static int gve_init_priv(struct gve_priv *priv)
--
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