Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] eth: bnxt: always set the queue mgmt ops

From: Subbaraya Sundeep <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:34:20 +0530

On 2026-01-22 at 06:21:08, Jakub Kicinski ([email-masked]) wrote:
> Core provides a centralized callback for validating per-queue settings
> but the callback is part of the queue management ops. Having the ops
> conditionally set complicates the parts of the driver which could
> otherwise lean on the core to feed it the correct settings.
> 
> Always set the queue ops, but provide no restart-related callbacks if
> queue ops are not supported by the device. This should maintain current
> behavior, the check in netdev_rx_queue_restart() looks both at op struct
> and individual ops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
> --
> v1:
>  - reflow code
>  - typo fix
> rfc: https://lore.kernel.org/[email-masked]
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
> index 0e0c88c122f8..0b95100a7c36 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
> @@ -16314,6 +16314,9 @@ static const struct netdev_queue_mgmt_ops bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops = {
>  	.supported_params	= QCFG_RX_PAGE_SIZE,
>  };
>  
> +static const struct netdev_queue_mgmt_ops bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops_unsupp = {
> +};
> +
>  static void bnxt_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
> @@ -16966,9 +16969,10 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>  
>  	if (BNXT_SUPPORTS_NTUPLE_VNIC(bp))
>  		bp->rss_cap |= BNXT_RSS_CAP_MULTI_RSS_CTX;
> +
> +	dev->queue_mgmt_ops = &bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops_unsupp;
>  	if (BNXT_SUPPORTS_QUEUE_API(bp))
>  		dev->queue_mgmt_ops = &bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops;
> -	dev->request_ops_lock = true;
Can we also mention that driver with queue_mgmt_ops set makes it as ops locked
driver in Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst ?

Thanks,
Sundeep

>  	dev->netmem_tx = true;
>  
>  	rc = register_netdev(dev);
> -- 
> 2.52.0
>