From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C057AC43603 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85CF120652 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727510AbfLJNHy (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:07:54 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48968 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727296AbfLJNHy (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:07:54 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E695DAC68; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:07:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by unicorn.suse.cz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4D917E00E0; Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:07:48 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: From: Michal Kubecek Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] ethtool netlink interface, preliminary part To: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jakub Kicinski , Jiri Pirko , Andrew Lunn , Florian Fainelli , John Linville , Stephen Hemminger , Johannes Berg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:07:48 +0100 (CET) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org As Jakub Kicinski suggested in ethtool netlink v7 discussion, this submission consists only of preliminary patches which raised no objections; first four patches already have Acked-by or Reviewed-by. - patch 1 exposes permanent hardware address (as shown by "ethtool -P") via rtnetlink - patch 2 is renames existing netlink helper to a better name - patch 3 and 4 reorganize existing ethtool code (no functional change) - patch 5 makes the table of link mode names available as an ethtool string set (will be needed for the netlink interface) Once we get these out of the way, v8 of the first part of the ethtool netlink interface will follow. Michal Kubecek (5): rtnetlink: provide permanent hardware address in RTM_NEWLINK netlink: rename nl80211_validate_nested() to nla_validate_nested() ethtool: move to its own directory ethtool: move string arrays into common file ethtool: provide link mode names as a string set include/net/netlink.h | 8 +- include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 + include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 1 + net/Makefile | 2 +- net/core/Makefile | 2 +- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 5 + net/ethtool/Makefile | 3 + net/ethtool/common.c | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ net/ethtool/common.h | 22 +++ net/{core/ethtool.c => ethtool/ioctl.c} | 90 ++----------- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 +- 11 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-) create mode 100644 net/ethtool/Makefile create mode 100644 net/ethtool/common.c create mode 100644 net/ethtool/common.h rename net/{core/ethtool.c => ethtool/ioctl.c} (95%) -- 2.24.0