kernel/linux.git/net/core/netdev-genl.c, branch v7.1-rc5

net: remove the netif_get_rx_queue_lease_locked() helpers

2026-04-10T01:26:28+00:00

The netif_get_rx_queue_lease_locked() API hides the locking and the descend onto the leased queue. Making the code harder to follow (at least to me). Remove the API and open code the descend a bit. Most of the code now looks like: if (!leased) return __helper(x); hw_rxq = .. netdev_lock(hw_rxq->dev); ret = __helper(x); netdev_unlock(hw_rxq->dev); return ret; Of course if we have more code paths that need the wrapping we may need to revisit. For now, IMHO, having to know what netif_get_rx_queue_lease_locked() does is not worth the 20LoC it saves. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260408151251.72bd2482@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev for leased queues

2026-04-10T01:21:46+00:00

Extend netdev_queue_get_dma_dev to return the physical device of the real rxq for DMA in case the queue was leased. This allows memory providers like io_uring zero-copy or devmem to bind to the physically leased rxq via virtual devices such as netkit. Signed-off-by: David Wei Co-developed-by: Daniel Borkmann Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-8-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Add lease info to queue-get response

2026-04-10T01:21:46+00:00

Populate nested lease info to the queue-get response that returns the ifindex, queue id with type and optionally netns id if the device resides in a different netns. Example with ynl client when using AF_XDP via queue leasing: # ip a [...] 4: enp10s0f0np0: mtu 1500 xdp/id:24 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether e8:eb:d3:a3:43:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.0.0.2/24 scope global enp10s0f0np0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::eaeb:d3ff:fea3:43f6/64 scope link proto kernel_ll valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever [...] # ethtool -i enp10s0f0np0 driver: mlx5_core [...] # ynl --family netdev --output-json --do queue-get \ --json '{"ifindex": 4, "id": 15, "type": "rx"}' {'id': 15, 'ifindex': 4, 'lease': {'ifindex': 8, 'netns-id': 0, 'queue': {'id': 1, 'type': 'rx'}}, 'napi-id': 8227, 'type': 'rx', 'xsk': {}} # ip netns list foo (id: 0) # ip netns exec foo ip a [...] 8: nk@NONE: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 scope link proto kernel_ll valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever [...] # ip netns exec foo ethtool -i nk driver: netkit [...] # ip netns exec foo ls /sys/class/net/nk/queues/ rx-0 rx-1 tx-0 # ip netns exec foo ynl --family netdev --output-json --do queue-get \ --json '{"ifindex": 8, "id": 1, "type": "rx"}' {"id": 1, "type": "rx", "ifindex": 8, "xsk": {}} Note that the caller of netdev_nl_queue_fill_one() holds the netdevice lock. For the queue-get we do not lock both devices. When queues get {un,}leased, both devices are locked, thus if __netif_get_rx_queue_lease() returns a lease pointer, it points to a valid device. The netns-id is fetched via peernet2id_alloc() similarly as done in OVS. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Co-developed-by: David Wei Signed-off-by: David Wei Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-4-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit

2026-04-10T01:21:45+00:00

Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit which creates a new rx queue in a virtual netdev and then leases it to a rx queue in a physical netdev. Example with ynl client: # ynl --family netdev --output-json --do queue-create \ --json '{"ifindex": 8, "type": "rx", "lease": {"ifindex": 4, "queue": {"type": "rx", "id": 15}}}' {'id': 1} Note that the netdevice locking order is always from the virtual to the physical device. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Co-developed-by: David Wei Signed-off-by: David Wei Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-3-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Add queue-create operation

2026-04-10T01:21:45+00:00

Add a ynl netdev family operation called queue-create that creates a new queue on a netdevice: name: queue-create attribute-set: queue flags: [admin-perm] do: request: attributes: - ifindex - type - lease reply: &queue-create-op attributes: - id This is a generic operation such that it can be extended for various use cases in future. Right now it is mandatory to specify ifindex, the queue type which is enforced to rx and a lease. The newly created queue id is returned to the caller. A queue from a virtual device can have a lease which refers to another queue from a physical device. This is useful for memory providers and AF_XDP operations which take an ifindex and queue id to allow applications to bind against virtual devices in containers. The lease couples both queues together and allows to proxy the operations from a virtual device in a container to the physical device. In future, the nested lease attribute can be lifted and made optional for other use-cases such as dynamic queue creation for physical netdevs. The lack of lease and the specification of the physical device as an ifindex will imply that we need a real queue to be allocated. Similarly, the queue type enforcement to rx can then be lifted as well to support tx. An early implementation had only driver-specific integration [0], but in order for other virtual devices to reuse, it makes sense to have this as a generic API in core net. For leasing queues, the virtual netdev must have real_num_rx_queues less than num_rx_queues at the time of calling queue-create. The queue-type must be rx as only rx queues are supported for leasing for now. We also enforce that the queue-create ifindex must point to a virtual device, and that the nested lease attribute's ifindex must point to a physical device. The nested lease attribute set contains a netns-id attribute which is optional and can specify a netns-id relative to the caller's netns. It requires cap_net_admin and if the netns-id attribute is not specified, the lease ifindex will be retrieved from the current netns. Also, it is modeled as an s32 type similarly as done elsewhere in the stack. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Co-developed-by: David Wei Signed-off-by: David Wei Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://bpfconf.ebpf.io/bpfconf2025/bpfconf2025_material/lsfmmbpf_2025_netkit_borkmann.pdf [0] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-2-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: devmem: allow binding on rx queues with same DMA devices

2025-08-28T23:05:32+00:00

Multi-PF netdevs have queues belonging to different PFs which also means different DMA devices. This means that the binding on the DMA buffer can be done to the incorrect device. This change allows devmem binding to multiple queues only when the queues have the same DMA device. Otherwise an error is returned. Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827144017.1529208-9-dtatulea@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: devmem: pre-read requested rx queues during bind

2025-08-28T23:05:32+00:00

Instead of reading the requested rx queues after binding the buffer, read the rx queues in advance in a bitmap and iterate over them when needed. This is a preparation for fetching the DMA device for each queue. This patch has no functional changes besides adding an extra rq index bounds check. Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827144017.1529208-8-dtatulea@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: devmem: pull out dma_dev out of net_devmem_bind_dmabuf

2025-08-28T23:05:32+00:00

Fetch the DMA device before calling net_devmem_bind_dmabuf() and pass it on as a parameter. This is needed for an upcoming change which will read the DMA device per queue. This patch has no functional changes. Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827144017.1529208-7-dtatulea@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: define an enum for the napi threaded state

2025-07-25T01:34:55+00:00

Instead of using '0' and '1' for napi threaded state use an enum with 'disabled' and 'enabled' states. Tested: ./tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py TAP version 13 1..7 ok 1 nl_netdev.empty_check ok 2 nl_netdev.lo_check ok 3 nl_netdev.page_pool_check ok 4 nl_netdev.napi_list_check ok 5 nl_netdev.dev_set_threaded ok 6 nl_netdev.napi_set_threaded ok 7 nl_netdev.nsim_rxq_reset_down # Totals: pass:7 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0 Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250723013031.2911384-4-skhawaja@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Add support to set NAPI threaded for individual NAPI

2025-07-15T01:02:37+00:00

A net device has a threaded sysctl that can be used to enable threaded NAPI polling on all of the NAPI contexts under that device. Allow enabling threaded NAPI polling at individual NAPI level using netlink. Extend the netlink operation `napi-set` and allow setting the threaded attribute of a NAPI. This will enable the threaded polling on a NAPI context. Add a test in `nl_netdev.py` that verifies various cases of threaded NAPI being set at NAPI and at device level. Tested ./tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py TAP version 13 1..7 ok 1 nl_netdev.empty_check ok 2 nl_netdev.lo_check ok 3 nl_netdev.page_pool_check ok 4 nl_netdev.napi_list_check ok 5 nl_netdev.dev_set_threaded ok 6 nl_netdev.napi_set_threaded ok 7 nl_netdev.nsim_rxq_reset_down # Totals: pass:7 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0 Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250710211203.3979655-1-skhawaja@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski