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<title>net: remove the netif_get_rx_queue_lease_locked() helpers</title>
<updated>2026-04-10T01:26:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-04-08T22:12:51+00:00</published>
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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-&gt;dev);
 ret = __helper(x);
 netdev_unlock(hw_rxq-&gt;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 &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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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-&gt;dev);
 ret = __helper(x);
 netdev_unlock(hw_rxq-&gt;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 &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>net: Proxy netdev_queue_get_dma_dev for leased queues</title>
<updated>2026-04-10T01:21:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Wei</name>
<email>dw@davidwei.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-02T23:10:24+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Co-developed-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-8-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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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 &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Co-developed-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-8-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>net: Implement netdev_nl_queue_create_doit</title>
<updated>2026-04-10T01:21:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Borkmann</name>
<email>daniel@iogearbox.net</email>
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<published>2026-04-02T23:10:19+00:00</published>
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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 &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Co-developed-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-3-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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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 &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Co-developed-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Wei &lt;dw@davidwei.uk&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402231031.447597-3-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>queue_api: add support for fetching per queue DMA dev</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T23:05:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dragos Tatulea</name>
<email>dtatulea@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-27T14:39:55+00:00</published>
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For zerocopy (io_uring, devmem), there is an assumption that the
parent device can do DMA. However that is not always the case:
- Scalable Function netdevs [1] have the DMA device in the grandparent.
- For Multi-PF netdevs [2] queues can be associated to different DMA
devices.

This patch introduces the a queue based interface for allowing drivers
to expose a different DMA device for zerocopy.

[1] Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
[2] Documentation/networking/multi-pf-netdev.rst

Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea &lt;dtatulea@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pavel Begunkov &lt;asml.silence@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry &lt;almasrymina@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827144017.1529208-3-dtatulea@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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For zerocopy (io_uring, devmem), there is an assumption that the
parent device can do DMA. However that is not always the case:
- Scalable Function netdevs [1] have the DMA device in the grandparent.
- For Multi-PF netdevs [2] queues can be associated to different DMA
devices.

This patch introduces the a queue based interface for allowing drivers
to expose a different DMA device for zerocopy.

[1] Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/switchdev.rst
[2] Documentation/networking/multi-pf-netdev.rst

Signed-off-by: Dragos Tatulea &lt;dtatulea@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pavel Begunkov &lt;asml.silence@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry &lt;almasrymina@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250827144017.1529208-3-dtatulea@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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