From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com>
Amit says:
Currently, device drivers can only indicate to user space if the network
link is up or down, without additional information.
This patch set provides an infrastructure that allows these drivers to
expose more information to user space about the link state. The
information can save users' time when trying to understand why a link is
not operationally up, for example.
The above is achieved by extending the existing ethtool LINKSTATE_GET
command with attributes that carry the extended state.
For example, no link due to missing cable:
$ ethtool ethX
...
Link detected: no (No cable)
Beside the general extended state, drivers can pass additional
information about the link state using the sub-state field. For example:
$ ethtool ethX
...
Link detected: no (Autoneg, No partner detected)
In the future the infrastructure can be extended - for example - to
allow PHY drivers to report whether a downshift to a lower speed
occurred. Something like:
$ ethtool ethX
...
Link detected: yes (downshifted)
Patch set overview:
Patches #1-#3 move mlxsw ethtool code to a separate file
Patches #4-#5 add the ethtool infrastructure for extended link state
Patches #6-#7 add support of extended link state in the mlxsw driver
Patches #8-#10 add test cases
Changes since RFC:
* Move documentation patch before ethtool patch
* Add nla_total_size() instead of sizeof() directly
* Return an error code from linkstate_get_ext_state()
* Remove SHORTED_CABLE, add CABLE_TEST_FAILURE instead
* Check if the interface is administratively up before setting ext_state
* Document all sub-states
Amit Cohen (10):
mlxsw: spectrum_dcb: Rename mlxsw_sp_port_headroom_set()
mlxsw: Move ethtool_ops to spectrum_ethtool.c
mlxsw: spectrum_ethtool: Move mlxsw_sp_port_type_speed_ops structs
Documentation: networking: ethtool-netlink: Add link extended state
ethtool: Add link extended state
mlxsw: reg: Port Diagnostics Database Register
mlxsw: spectrum_ethtool: Add link extended state
selftests: forwarding: ethtool: Move different_speeds_get() to
ethtool_lib
selftests: forwarding: forwarding.config.sample: Add port with no
cable connected
selftests: forwarding: Add tests for ethtool extended state
Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 110 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Makefile | 3 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/reg.h | 51 +
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c | 1540 +--------------
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h | 45 +
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_dcb.c | 6 +-
.../mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_ethtool.c | 1644 +++++++++++++++++
include/linux/ethtool.h | 22 +
include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 70 +
include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h | 2 +
net/ethtool/linkstate.c | 56 +-
.../selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool.sh | 17 -
.../net/forwarding/ethtool_extended_state.sh | 102 +
.../selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_lib.sh | 17 +
.../net/forwarding/forwarding.config.sample | 3 +
15 files changed, 2124 insertions(+), 1564 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_ethtool.c
create mode 100755
tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_extended_state.sh
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