[PATCH net v1 3/4] netdevsim: support devmem RX and TX bindings

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 22:56:17 EST


Set a 64-bit DMA mask on nsim_bus_dev, enable NETMEM_TX_DMA on the
netdevsim net_device, and configure page_pool instances with
PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV | PP_FLAG_ALLOW_UNREADABLE_NETMEM
and queue_idx so devmem bind-rx and bind-tx netlink operations can be
tested against netdevsim in software selftests.

Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kaifeng Wang <kaifengw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c | 1 +
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
index 5c55c308487b4..f87f5e037b6fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ nsim_bus_dev_new(unsigned int id, unsigned int port_count, unsigned int num_queu
nsim_bus_dev->port_count = port_count;
nsim_bus_dev->num_queues = num_queues;
nsim_bus_dev->initial_net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+ dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(&nsim_bus_dev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
/* Disallow using nsim_bus_dev */
smp_store_release(&nsim_bus_dev->init, false);

diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index b4a99f3ceac60..4415dc01c610b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -414,16 +414,22 @@ static int nsim_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
return done;
}

-static int nsim_create_page_pool(struct page_pool **p, struct napi_struct *napi)
+static int nsim_create_page_pool(struct net_device *dev, struct page_pool **p,
+ struct napi_struct *napi, int idx)
{
+ struct netdevsim *ns = netdev_priv(dev);
struct page_pool_params params = {
.order = 0,
.pool_size = NSIM_RING_SIZE,
+ .flags = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV |
+ PP_FLAG_ALLOW_UNREADABLE_NETMEM,
+ .max_len = PAGE_SIZE,
.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE,
- .dev = &napi->dev->dev,
+ .dev = &ns->nsim_bus_dev->dev,
.napi = napi,
.dma_dir = DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL,
- .netdev = napi->dev,
+ .netdev = dev,
+ .queue_idx = idx,
};
struct page_pool *pool;

@@ -450,7 +456,7 @@ static int nsim_init_napi(struct netdevsim *ns)
for (i = 0; i < dev->num_rx_queues; i++) {
rq = ns->rq[i];

- err = nsim_create_page_pool(&rq->page_pool, &rq->napi);
+ err = nsim_create_page_pool(dev, &rq->page_pool, &rq->napi, i);
if (err)
goto err_pp_destroy;
}
@@ -762,14 +768,16 @@ nsim_queue_mem_alloc(struct net_device *dev,
if (ns->rq_reset_mode == 1) {
if (!netif_running(ns->netdev))
return -ENETDOWN;
- return nsim_create_page_pool(&qmem->pp, &ns->rq[idx]->napi);
+ return nsim_create_page_pool(dev, &qmem->pp,
+ &ns->rq[idx]->napi, idx);
}

qmem->rq = nsim_queue_alloc();
if (!qmem->rq)
return -ENOMEM;

- err = nsim_create_page_pool(&qmem->rq->page_pool, &qmem->rq->napi);
+ err = nsim_create_page_pool(dev, &qmem->rq->page_pool, &qmem->rq->napi,
+ idx);
if (err)
goto err_free;

@@ -1051,6 +1059,7 @@ static int nsim_init_netdevsim(struct netdevsim *ns)
ns->netdev->netdev_ops = &nsim_netdev_ops;
ns->netdev->stat_ops = &nsim_stat_ops;
ns->netdev->queue_mgmt_ops = &nsim_queue_mgmt_ops;
+ ns->netdev->netmem_tx = NETMEM_TX_DMA;
netdev_lockdep_set_classes(ns->netdev);

err = nsim_udp_tunnels_info_create(ns->nsim_dev, ns->netdev);
--
2.56.0.385.gd3acb90ef8-goog