[PATCH v5 net-next 2/5] devlink: Implement devlink param multi attribute nested data values
From: Ratheesh Kannoth
Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 00:58:44 EST
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Devlink param value attribute is not defined since devlink is handling
the value validating and parsing internally, this allows us to implement
multi attribute values without breaking any policies.
Devlink param multi-attribute values are considered to be dynamically
sized arrays of u32 values, by introducing a new devlink param type
DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32_ARRAY, driver and user space can set a variable
count of u32 values into the DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA attribute.
Implement get/set parsing and add to the internal value structure passed
to drivers.
This is useful for devices that need to configure a list of values for
a specific configuration.
example:
$ devlink dev param show pci/... name multi-value-param
name multi-value-param type driver-specific
values:
cmode permanent value: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
$ devlink dev param set pci/... name multi-value-param \
value 4,5,6,7,0,1,2,3 cmode permanent
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml | 4 ++
include/net/devlink.h | 8 +++
include/uapi/linux/devlink.h | 1 +
net/devlink/netlink_gen.c | 2 +
net/devlink/param.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++----
5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
index b495d56b9137..54034a647023 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ definitions:
value: 10
-
name: binary
+ -
+ name: u32-array
+ value: 129
+
-
name: rate-tc-index-max
type: const
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 3038af6ec017..7f78a0103107 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ enum devlink_param_type {
DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U64 = DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_U64,
DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_STRING = DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_STRING,
DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_BOOL = DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_FLAG,
+ DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32_ARRAY = DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_U32_ARRAY,
+};
+
+#define __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_ARRAY_SIZE 32
+struct devlink_param_u32_array {
+ u32 size;
+ u32 val[__DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_ARRAY_SIZE];
};
union devlink_param_value {
@@ -441,6 +448,7 @@ union devlink_param_value {
u64 vu64;
char vstr[__DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE];
bool vbool;
+ struct devlink_param_u32_array u32arr;
};
struct devlink_param_gset_ctx {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index 7de2d8cc862f..77e75c100e8c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ enum devlink_var_attr_type {
DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_BINARY,
__DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_CUSTOM_BASE = 0x80,
/* Any possible custom types, unrelated to NLA_* values go below */
+ DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_U32_ARRAY,
};
enum devlink_attr {
diff --git a/net/devlink/netlink_gen.c b/net/devlink/netlink_gen.c
index eb35e80e01d1..a88d815156ec 100644
--- a/net/devlink/netlink_gen.c
+++ b/net/devlink/netlink_gen.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ devlink_attr_param_type_validate(const struct nlattr *attr,
case DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_NUL_STRING:
fallthrough;
case DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_BINARY:
+ fallthrough;
+ case DEVLINK_VAR_ATTR_TYPE_U32_ARRAY:
return 0;
}
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, attr, "invalid enum value");
diff --git a/net/devlink/param.c b/net/devlink/param.c
index cf95268da5b0..20ec12686834 100644
--- a/net/devlink/param.c
+++ b/net/devlink/param.c
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ devlink_nl_param_value_put(struct sk_buff *msg, enum devlink_param_type type,
return -EMSGSIZE;
}
break;
+ case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32_ARRAY:
+ if (val.u32arr.size > __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_ARRAY_SIZE)
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < val.u32arr.size; i++)
+ if (nla_put_u32(msg, nla_type, val.u32arr.val[i]))
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+ break;
}
return 0;
}
@@ -304,11 +312,11 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
u32 portid, u32 seq, int flags,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
- union devlink_param_value default_value[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1];
- union devlink_param_value param_value[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1];
bool default_value_set[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1] = {};
bool param_value_set[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1] = {};
const struct devlink_param *param = param_item->param;
+ union devlink_param_value *default_value;
+ union devlink_param_value *param_value;
struct devlink_param_gset_ctx ctx;
struct nlattr *param_values_list;
struct nlattr *param_attr;
@@ -316,17 +324,31 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
int err;
int i;
+ default_value = kcalloc(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1,
+ sizeof(*default_value), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!default_value)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ param_value = kcalloc(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1,
+ sizeof(*param_value), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!param_value) {
+ kfree(default_value);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
/* Get value from driver part to driverinit configuration mode */
for (i = 0; i <= DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX; i++) {
if (!devlink_param_cmode_is_supported(param, i))
continue;
if (i == DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_DRIVERINIT) {
- if (param_item->driverinit_value_new_valid)
+ if (param_item->driverinit_value_new_valid) {
param_value[i] = param_item->driverinit_value_new;
- else if (param_item->driverinit_value_valid)
+ } else if (param_item->driverinit_value_valid) {
param_value[i] = param_item->driverinit_value;
- else
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ } else {
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto get_put_fail;
+ }
if (param_item->driverinit_value_valid) {
default_value[i] = param_item->driverinit_default;
@@ -336,7 +358,7 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
ctx.cmode = i;
err = devlink_param_get(devlink, param, &ctx, extack);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto get_put_fail;
param_value[i] = ctx.val;
err = devlink_param_get_default(devlink, param, &ctx,
@@ -345,15 +367,16 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
default_value[i] = ctx.val;
default_value_set[i] = true;
} else if (err != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
- return err;
+ goto get_put_fail;
}
}
param_value_set[i] = true;
}
+ err = -EMSGSIZE;
hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, portid, seq, &devlink_nl_family, flags, cmd);
if (!hdr)
- return -EMSGSIZE;
+ goto get_put_fail;
if (devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink))
goto genlmsg_cancel;
@@ -393,6 +416,8 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
nla_nest_end(msg, param_values_list);
nla_nest_end(msg, param_attr);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+ kfree(default_value);
+ kfree(param_value);
return 0;
values_list_nest_cancel:
@@ -401,7 +426,10 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
nla_nest_cancel(msg, param_attr);
genlmsg_cancel:
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
- return -EMSGSIZE;
+get_put_fail:
+ kfree(default_value);
+ kfree(param_value);
+ return err;
}
static void devlink_param_notify(struct devlink *devlink,
@@ -507,7 +535,7 @@ devlink_param_value_get_from_info(const struct devlink_param *param,
union devlink_param_value *value)
{
struct nlattr *param_data;
- int len;
+ int len, cnt, rem;
param_data = info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA];
@@ -547,6 +575,25 @@ devlink_param_value_get_from_info(const struct devlink_param *param,
return -EINVAL;
value->vbool = nla_get_flag(param_data);
break;
+
+ case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32_ARRAY:
+ cnt = 0;
+ nla_for_each_attr_type(param_data,
+ DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA,
+ genlmsg_data(info->genlhdr),
+ genlmsg_len(info->genlhdr), rem) {
+ if (cnt >= __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_ARRAY_SIZE)
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+ if (nla_len(param_data) != sizeof(u32))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ value->u32arr.val[cnt] = nla_get_u32(param_data);
+ cnt++;
+ }
+
+ value->u32arr.size = cnt;
+ break;
}
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0