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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2021-04-06 17:28:26 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-04-07 14:22:49 -0700
commit83e5feeb385e6d69ae95dd30e0c424afaa17cc6b (patch)
tree4d977c0470dbaf070799909ad5027410d88eedd3 /include
parentf0ebc2b6b7df7716749445cda26734b3826a48cf (diff)
downloadlinux-83e5feeb385e6d69ae95dd30e0c424afaa17cc6b.tar.bz2
ethtool: document reserved fields in the uAPI
Add a note on expected handling of reserved fields, and references to all kdocs. This fixes a bunch of kdoc warnings. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h22
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index dc87ba092891..c9c18e88c215 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
* have the same layout for 32-bit and 64-bit userland.
*/
+/* Note on reserved space.
+ * Reserved fields must not be accessed directly by user space because
+ * they may be replaced by a different field in the future. They must
+ * be initialized to zero before making the request, e.g. via memset
+ * of the entire structure or implicitly by not being set in a structure
+ * initializer.
+ */
+
/**
* struct ethtool_cmd - DEPRECATED, link control and status
* This structure is DEPRECATED, please use struct ethtool_link_settings.
@@ -67,6 +75,7 @@
* and other link features that the link partner advertised
* through autonegotiation; 0 if unknown or not applicable.
* Read-only.
+ * @reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
*
* The link speed in Mbps is split between @speed and @speed_hi. Use
* the ethtool_cmd_speed() and ethtool_cmd_speed_set() functions to
@@ -155,6 +164,7 @@ static inline __u32 ethtool_cmd_speed(const struct ethtool_cmd *ep)
* @bus_info: Device bus address. This should match the dev_name()
* string for the underlying bus device, if there is one. May be
* an empty string.
+ * @reserved2: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
* @n_priv_flags: Number of flags valid for %ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS and
* %ETHTOOL_SPFLAGS commands; also the number of strings in the
* %ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS set
@@ -356,6 +366,7 @@ struct ethtool_eeprom {
* @tx_lpi_timer: Time in microseconds the interface delays prior to asserting
* its tx lpi (after reaching 'idle' state). Effective only when eee
* was negotiated and tx_lpi_enabled was set.
+ * @reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
*/
struct ethtool_eee {
__u32 cmd;
@@ -374,6 +385,7 @@ struct ethtool_eee {
* @cmd: %ETHTOOL_GMODULEINFO
* @type: Standard the module information conforms to %ETH_MODULE_SFF_xxxx
* @eeprom_len: Length of the eeprom
+ * @reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
*
* This structure is used to return the information to
* properly size memory for a subsequent call to %ETHTOOL_GMODULEEEPROM.
@@ -701,6 +713,7 @@ struct ethtool_gstrings {
/**
* struct ethtool_sset_info - string set information
* @cmd: Command number = %ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO
+ * @reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
* @sset_mask: On entry, a bitmask of string sets to query, with bits
* numbered according to &enum ethtool_stringset. On return, a
* bitmask of those string sets queried that are supported.
@@ -745,6 +758,7 @@ enum ethtool_test_flags {
* @flags: A bitmask of flags from &enum ethtool_test_flags. Some
* flags may be set by the user on entry; others may be set by
* the driver on return.
+ * @reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
* @len: On return, the number of test results
* @data: Array of test results
*
@@ -945,6 +959,7 @@ union ethtool_flow_union {
* @vlan_etype: VLAN EtherType
* @vlan_tci: VLAN tag control information
* @data: user defined data
+ * @padding: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
*
* Note, @vlan_etype, @vlan_tci, and @data are only valid if %FLOW_EXT
* is set in &struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec @flow_type.
@@ -1120,7 +1135,8 @@ struct ethtool_rxfh_indir {
* hardware hash key.
* @hfunc: Defines the current RSS hash function used by HW (or to be set to).
* Valid values are one of the %ETH_RSS_HASH_*.
- * @rsvd: Reserved for future extensions.
+ * @rsvd8: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
+ * @rsvd32: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
* @rss_config: RX ring/queue index for each hash value i.e., indirection table
* of @indir_size __u32 elements, followed by hash key of @key_size
* bytes.
@@ -1288,7 +1304,9 @@ struct ethtool_sfeatures {
* @so_timestamping: bit mask of the sum of the supported SO_TIMESTAMPING flags
* @phc_index: device index of the associated PHC, or -1 if there is none
* @tx_types: bit mask of the supported hwtstamp_tx_types enumeration values
+ * @tx_reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
* @rx_filters: bit mask of the supported hwtstamp_rx_filters enumeration values
+ * @rx_reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
*
* The bits in the 'tx_types' and 'rx_filters' fields correspond to
* the 'hwtstamp_tx_types' and 'hwtstamp_rx_filters' enumeration values,
@@ -1944,6 +1962,8 @@ enum ethtool_reset_flags {
* autonegotiation; 0 if unknown or not applicable. Read-only.
* @transceiver: Used to distinguish different possible PHY types,
* reported consistently by PHYLIB. Read-only.
+ * @reserved: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
+ * @reserved1: Reserved for future use; see the note on reserved space.
*
* If autonegotiation is disabled, the speed and @duplex represent the
* fixed link mode and are writable if the driver supports multiple