[PATCH net-next v4 11/14] ibmveth: Expose per-queue buffer pool details via debugfs

Mingming Cao <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:47:14 -0700
Newsgroups org.ozlabs.lists.linuxppc-dev,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <fa6f1b5f19acd2b54f6b2c19d27bd79f4ff60599.1785457143.git.mmc@linux.ibm.com>
Add a read-only buffer_pools debugfs file that lists size, buff_size,
active, and available for every RX queue and buffer pool. That is the
MQ diagnostic view (multi-line table), which does not belong in sysfs.

Keep the historical queue-0 poolN sysfs ABI unchanged:

  .../poolN/{active,num,size}

Those are one-value-per-file *configuration* knobs for buffer-pool
classes on queue 0, not one directory per RX queue. With MQ, queue 0
pool geometry remains the shared template: open copies it to queues
1..N. Per-queue runtime pressure is what debugfs shows; this series
does not add per-queue pool sysfs dirs.

Unlike ibmvnic (one RX pool per RX queue, sized from firmware, almost
no pool sysfs), ibmveth historically has multiple size-class pools and
already exported poolN via sysfs. Moving only the new all-queue dump
to debugfs matches sysfs "one value per file" review feedback without
breaking that config ABI.

Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Dave Marquardt <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Shaik Abdulla <[email protected]>
---

Changes in v4:
- Move the all-queue buffer_pools diagnostic from sysfs to debugfs;
  subject updated to match.
- Keep historical queue-0 poolN/{active,num,size} sysfs as one-value
  config (template for MQ); do not add per-queue pool sysfs dirs.

 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index dbb47a42b4cb..db1374746602 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <asm/hvcall.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/vio.h>
@@ -2985,6 +2986,44 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ibmveth_netdev_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
+static int ibmveth_buffer_pools_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = m->private;
+	int i, j;
+
+	seq_puts(m, "Queue  Pool  Size  BuffSize  Active  Available\n");
+	seq_puts(m, "-----  ----  ----  --------  ------  ---------\n");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < IBMVETH_NUM_BUFF_POOLS; j++) {
+			struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool =
+				&adapter->rx_buff_pool[i][j];
+
+			seq_printf(m, "%5d  %4d  %4u  %8u  %6d  %9d\n",
+				   i, j, pool->size, pool->buff_size,
+				   pool->active,
+				   atomic_read(&pool->available));
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(ibmveth_buffer_pools);
+
+static void ibmveth_debugfs_init(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	adapter->debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(adapter->netdev->name,
+						  NULL);
+	debugfs_create_file("buffer_pools", 0400, adapter->debugfs_dir,
+			    adapter, &ibmveth_buffer_pools_fops);
+}
+
+static void ibmveth_debugfs_exit(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(adapter->debugfs_dir);
+	adapter->debugfs_dir = NULL;
+}
+
 static void ibmveth_put_pool_kobjs(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter,
 				  int pools_ready)
 {
@@ -3182,6 +3221,8 @@ static int ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 
 	netdev_dbg(netdev, "registered\n");
 
+	ibmveth_debugfs_init(adapter);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3193,6 +3234,8 @@ static void ibmveth_remove(struct vio_dev *dev)
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->work);
 
+	ibmveth_debugfs_exit(adapter);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < IBMVETH_NUM_BUFF_POOLS; i++)
 		kobject_put(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[0][i].kobj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
index 8e20ccd4a1d5..17faaa4c2d33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@ struct ibmveth_adapter {
 	struct ibmveth_rx_queue_stats *rx_qstats;
 	struct ibmveth_tx_queue_stats *tx_qstats;
 
+	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
+
 	/* Ethtool settings */
 	u8 duplex;
 	u32 speed;
-- 
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