Re: [PATCH net-next] amd-xgbe: Configure and retrieve 'tx-usecs' for Tx coalescing

From: Vadim Fedorenko
Date: Mon Jun 16 2025 - 07:30:01 EST


On 16/06/2025 11:42, Vishal Badole wrote:
Ethtool has advanced with additional configurable options, but the
current driver does not support tx-usecs configuration.

Add support to configure and retrieve 'tx-usecs' using ethtool, which
specifies the wait time before servicing an interrupt for Tx coalescing.

Signed-off-by: Vishal Badole <Vishal.Badole@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
index 12395428ffe1..362f8623433a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-ethtool.c
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ static int xgbe_get_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
ec->rx_coalesce_usecs = pdata->rx_usecs;
ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames = pdata->rx_frames;
+ ec->tx_coalesce_usecs = pdata->tx_usecs;
ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames = pdata->tx_frames;
return 0;
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ static int xgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata = netdev_priv(netdev);
struct xgbe_hw_if *hw_if = &pdata->hw_if;
unsigned int rx_frames, rx_riwt, rx_usecs;
- unsigned int tx_frames;
+ unsigned int tx_frames, tx_usecs;
rx_riwt = hw_if->usec_to_riwt(pdata, ec->rx_coalesce_usecs);
rx_usecs = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
@@ -485,9 +486,22 @@ static int xgbe_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
return -EINVAL;
}
+ tx_usecs = ec->tx_coalesce_usecs;
tx_frames = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames;
+ /* Check if both tx_usecs and tx_frames are set to 0 simultaneously */
+ if (!tx_usecs && !tx_frames) {
+ netdev_err(netdev,
+ "tx_usecs and tx_frames must not be 0 together\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
/* Check the bounds of values for Tx */
+ if (tx_usecs > XGMAC_MAX_COAL_TX_TICK) {
+ netdev_err(netdev, "tx-usecs is limited to %d usec\n",
+ XGMAC_MAX_COAL_TX_TICK);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }

ethtool uses netlink interface now and coalesce callbacks have extack
parameters to return error information back to user-space. It would be
great to switch to use it instead of adding more netdev_err messages.

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