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<title>linux-stable.git/include/linux/netdevice.h, branch v6.17.8</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>net: update NAPI threaded config even for disabled NAPIs</title>
<updated>2025-08-12T12:43:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-09T00:12:04+00:00</published>
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We have to make sure that all future NAPIs will have the right threaded
state when the state is configured on the device level.
We chose not to have an "unset" state for threaded, and not to wipe
the NAPI config clean when channels are explicitly disabled.
This means the persistent config structs "exist" even when their NAPIs
are not instantiated.

Differently put - the NAPI persistent state lives in the net_device
(ncfg == struct napi_config):

    ,--- [napi 0] - [napi 1]
 [dev]      |          |
    `--- [ncfg 0] - [ncfg 1]

so say we a device with 2 queues but only 1 enabled:

    ,--- [napi 0]
 [dev]      |
    `--- [ncfg 0] - [ncfg 1]

now we set the device to threaded=1:

    ,---------- [napi 0 (thr:1)]
 [dev(thr:1)]      |
    `---------- [ncfg 0 (thr:1)] - [ncfg 1 (thr:?)]

Since [ncfg 1] was not attached to a NAPI during configuration we
skipped it. If we create a NAPI for it later it will have the old
setting (presumably disabled). One could argue if this is right
or not "in principle", but it's definitely not how things worked
before per-NAPI config..

Fixes: 2677010e7793 ("Add support to set NAPI threaded for individual NAPI")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Joe Damato &lt;joe@dama.to&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250809001205.1147153-3-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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We have to make sure that all future NAPIs will have the right threaded
state when the state is configured on the device level.
We chose not to have an "unset" state for threaded, and not to wipe
the NAPI config clean when channels are explicitly disabled.
This means the persistent config structs "exist" even when their NAPIs
are not instantiated.

Differently put - the NAPI persistent state lives in the net_device
(ncfg == struct napi_config):

    ,--- [napi 0] - [napi 1]
 [dev]      |          |
    `--- [ncfg 0] - [ncfg 1]

so say we a device with 2 queues but only 1 enabled:

    ,--- [napi 0]
 [dev]      |
    `--- [ncfg 0] - [ncfg 1]

now we set the device to threaded=1:

    ,---------- [napi 0 (thr:1)]
 [dev(thr:1)]      |
    `---------- [ncfg 0 (thr:1)] - [ncfg 1 (thr:?)]

Since [ncfg 1] was not attached to a NAPI during configuration we
skipped it. If we create a NAPI for it later it will have the old
setting (presumably disabled). One could argue if this is right
or not "in principle", but it's definitely not how things worked
before per-NAPI config..

Fixes: 2677010e7793 ("Add support to set NAPI threaded for individual NAPI")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Joe Damato &lt;joe@dama.to&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250809001205.1147153-3-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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<entry>
<title>net: define an enum for the napi threaded state</title>
<updated>2025-07-25T01:34:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Samiullah Khawaja</name>
<email>skhawaja@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-23T01:30:31+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;skhawaja@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250723013031.2911384-4-skhawaja@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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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 &lt;skhawaja@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250723013031.2911384-4-skhawaja@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Use netif_threaded_enable instead of netif_set_threaded in drivers</title>
<updated>2025-07-25T01:34:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Samiullah Khawaja</name>
<email>skhawaja@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-23T01:30:30+00:00</published>
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Prepare for adding an enum type for NAPI threaded states by adding
netif_threaded_enable API. De-export the existing netif_set_threaded API
and only use it internally. Update existing drivers to use
netif_threaded_enable instead of the de-exported netif_set_threaded.

Note that dev_set_threaded used by mt76 debugfs file is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja &lt;skhawaja@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250723013031.2911384-3-skhawaja@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Prepare for adding an enum type for NAPI threaded states by adding
netif_threaded_enable API. De-export the existing netif_set_threaded API
and only use it internally. Update existing drivers to use
netif_threaded_enable instead of the de-exported netif_set_threaded.

Note that dev_set_threaded used by mt76 debugfs file is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Samiullah Khawaja &lt;skhawaja@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250723013031.2911384-3-skhawaja@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/dev_close_many/netif_close_many/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:33+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_close_many is used only by vlan/dsa and one mtk driver, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-8-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_close_many is used only by vlan/dsa and one mtk driver, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-8-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/dev_set_threaded/netif_set_threaded/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:32+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Note that one dev_set_threaded call still remains in mt76 for debugfs file.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-7-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Note that one dev_set_threaded call still remains in mt76 for debugfs file.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-7-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/dev_get_flags/netif_get_flags/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:31+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-6-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/__dev_set_mtu/__netif_set_mtu/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:30+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

__netif_set_mtu is used only by bond, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-5-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

__netif_set_mtu is used only by bond, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-5-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/dev_pre_changeaddr_notify/netif_pre_changeaddr_notify/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:29+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_pre_changeaddr_notify is used only by ipvlan/bond, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-4-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_pre_changeaddr_notify is used only by ipvlan/bond, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-4-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/dev_get_mac_address/netif_get_mac_address/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:28+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_get_mac_address is used only by tun/tap, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_get_mac_address is used only by tun/tap, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: s/dev_get_port_parent_id/netif_get_port_parent_id/</title>
<updated>2025-07-19T00:27:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T17:23:27+00:00</published>
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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