Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] ethtool: Add RSS indirection table resize helpers

From: Björn Töpel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:18:51 +0100

The core locks ctx->indir_size when an RSS context is created. Some
NICs (e.g. bnxt) change their indirection table size based on the
channel count, because the hardware table is a shared resource. This
forces drivers to reject channel changes when RSS contexts exist.

Add helpers to resize indirection tables:

ethtool_rxfh_can_resize() checks whether a table can be resized
without modifying it.

ethtool_rxfh_resize() resizes a raw u32 table in place. Folding
(shrink) requires the table to be periodic at the new size;
non-periodic tables are rejected. Unfolding (grow) replicates the
existing pattern. Sizes must be multiples of each other.

ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize() validates all non-default RSS contexts
can be resized. ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize() applies the resize and
sends ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_NTF per resized context after releasing
rss_lock.

No reallocation is needed because ethtool_rxfh_ctx_alloc() reserves
space for rxfh_indir_space entries, and key_off is based on that
maximum.

Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <[email-masked]>
---
 include/linux/ethtool.h |   4 ++
 net/ethtool/common.c    | 146 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 150 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 798abec67a1b..57f480444607 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ static inline u8 *ethtool_rxfh_context_key(struct ethtool_rxfh_context *ctx)
 }
 
 void ethtool_rxfh_context_lost(struct net_device *dev, u32 context_id);
+int ethtool_rxfh_can_resize(const u32 *tbl, u32 old_size, u32 new_size);
+int ethtool_rxfh_resize(u32 *tbl, u32 old_size, u32 new_size);
+int ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize(struct net_device *dev, u32 new_indir_size);
+void ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize(struct net_device *dev, u32 new_indir_size);
 
 struct link_mode_info {
 	int	speed;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index e252cf20c22f..5041b7ebf50a 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,152 @@ void ethtool_rxfh_context_lost(struct net_device *dev, u32 context_id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_rxfh_context_lost);
 
+static bool rxfh_indir_is_periodic(const u32 *tbl, u32 old_size, u32 new_size)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = new_size; i < old_size; i++)
+		if (tbl[i] != tbl[i % new_size])
+			return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ethtool_rxfh_can_resize - Check if an indirection table can be resized
+ * @tbl: indirection table
+ * @old_size: current number of entries in the table
+ * @new_size: desired number of entries
+ *
+ * Validate that @tbl can be resized from @old_size to @new_size without
+ * data loss. Read-only; does not modify the table.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if resize is possible, -%EINVAL otherwise.
+ */
+int ethtool_rxfh_can_resize(const u32 *tbl, u32 old_size, u32 new_size)
+{
+	if (new_size == old_size)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (new_size < old_size) {
+		if (old_size % new_size)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!rxfh_indir_is_periodic(tbl, old_size, new_size))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (new_size % old_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_rxfh_can_resize);
+
+/* Resize without validation; caller must have called can_resize first */
+static void __ethtool_rxfh_resize(u32 *tbl, u32 old_size, u32 new_size)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	/* Grow: replicate existing pattern; shrink is a no-op on the data */
+	for (i = old_size; i < new_size; i++)
+		tbl[i] = tbl[i % old_size];
+}
+
+/**
+ * ethtool_rxfh_resize - Fold or unfold an indirection table
+ * @tbl: indirection table (must have room for max(old_size, new_size) entries)
+ * @old_size: current number of entries in the table
+ * @new_size: desired number of entries
+ *
+ * Resize an RSS indirection table in place. When folding (shrinking),
+ * the table must be periodic with period @new_size; otherwise the
+ * operation is rejected. When unfolding (growing), the existing
+ * pattern is replicated. Both directions require the sizes to be
+ * multiples of each other.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -%EINVAL on failure (no mutation on failure).
+ */
+int ethtool_rxfh_resize(u32 *tbl, u32 old_size, u32 new_size)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ethtool_rxfh_can_resize(tbl, old_size, new_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	__ethtool_rxfh_resize(tbl, old_size, new_size);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_rxfh_resize);
+
+/**
+ * ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize - Validate resize for all RSS contexts
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @new_indir_size: new indirection table size
+ *
+ * Validate that the indirection tables of all non-default RSS contexts
+ * can be resized to @new_indir_size. Read-only; does not modify any
+ * context. Intended to be paired with ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize().
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if all contexts can be resized, negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize(struct net_device *dev,
+				 u32 new_indir_size)
+{
+	struct ethtool_rxfh_context *ctx;
+	unsigned long context;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->rxfh_indir_space ||
+	    new_indir_size > dev->ethtool_ops->rxfh_indir_space)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->ethtool->rss_lock);
+	xa_for_each(&dev->ethtool->rss_ctx, context, ctx) {
+		u32 *indir = ethtool_rxfh_context_indir(ctx);
+
+		ret = ethtool_rxfh_can_resize(indir, ctx->indir_size,
+					      new_indir_size);
+		if (ret)
+			goto unlock;
+	}
+	ret = 0;
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->ethtool->rss_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize);
+
+/**
+ * ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize - Resize all RSS context indirection tables
+ * @dev: network device
+ * @new_indir_size: new indirection table size
+ *
+ * Resize the indirection table of every non-default RSS context to
+ * @new_indir_size. Caller must have validated with
+ * ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize() first. An %ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_NTF is
+ * sent for each resized context.
+ *
+ * Notifications are sent outside the RSS lock to avoid holding the
+ * mutex during notification delivery.
+ */
+void ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize(struct net_device *dev, u32 new_indir_size)
+{
+	struct ethtool_rxfh_context *ctx;
+	unsigned long context;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->ethtool->rss_lock);
+	xa_for_each(&dev->ethtool->rss_ctx, context, ctx) {
+		__ethtool_rxfh_resize(ethtool_rxfh_context_indir(ctx),
+				      ctx->indir_size, new_indir_size);
+		ctx->indir_size = new_indir_size;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->ethtool->rss_lock);
+
+	xa_for_each(&dev->ethtool->rss_ctx, context, ctx)
+		ethtool_rss_notify(dev, ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_NTF, context);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize);
+
 enum ethtool_link_medium ethtool_str_to_medium(const char *str)
 {
 	int i;
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