[PATCH v6 05/11] net/rtap: add link and device management operations
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Sun Feb 15 00:44:14 CET 2026
Add device management operations via netlink:
- Link up/down control
- Link status query (checks IFF_UP and IFF_RUNNING)
- Promiscuous mode enable/disable
- All-multicast mode enable/disable
- MTU configuration
- MAC address configuration
All operations use the persistent netlink socket (pmd->nlsk_fd)
and ifindex for stable interface identification across renames
and namespace moves.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
doc/guides/nics/features/rtap.ini | 4 ++
drivers/net/rtap/rtap.h | 1 +
drivers/net/rtap/rtap_ethdev.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 107 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/rtap.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/rtap.ini
index 9bef9e341d..ce0804d795 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/rtap.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/rtap.ini
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
; Refer to default.ini for the full list of available PMD features.
;
[Features]
+Link status = Y
+MTU update = Y
+Promiscuous mode = Y
+Allmulticast mode = Y
Scattered Rx = P
Basic stats = Y
Stats per queue = Y
diff --git a/drivers/net/rtap/rtap.h b/drivers/net/rtap/rtap.h
index abfde20e60..aeda7f3f25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rtap/rtap.h
+++ b/drivers/net/rtap/rtap.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct rtap_pmd {
/* rtap_ethdev.c */
int rtap_queue_open(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id);
void rtap_queue_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id);
+int rtap_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete);
/* rtap_netlink.c */
int rtap_nl_open(unsigned int groups);
diff --git a/drivers/net/rtap/rtap_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/rtap/rtap_ethdev.c
index 888f8e7f39..b6c6421e3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/rtap/rtap_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/rtap/rtap_ethdev.c
@@ -108,9 +108,100 @@ rtap_tap_open(const char *name, struct ifreq *ifr, uint8_t persist)
return -1;
}
+static int
+rtap_set_link_up(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_change_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, IFF_UP, IFF_UP);
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_set_link_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_change_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, 0, IFF_UP);
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_promiscuous_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_change_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, IFF_PROMISC, IFF_PROMISC);
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_promiscuous_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_change_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, 0, IFF_PROMISC);
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_allmulticast_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_change_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, IFF_ALLMULTI, IFF_ALLMULTI);
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_allmulticast_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_change_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, 0, IFF_ALLMULTI);
+}
+
+int
+rtap_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete __rte_unused)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+ struct rte_eth_link link = {
+ .link_speed = RTE_ETH_SPEED_NUM_UNKNOWN,
+ .link_duplex = RTE_ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX,
+ .link_autoneg = RTE_ETH_LINK_FIXED,
+ .link_status = RTE_ETH_LINK_DOWN,
+ };
+ unsigned int flags = 0;
+
+ if (rtap_nl_get_flags(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, &flags) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ if ((flags & IFF_UP) && (flags & IFF_RUNNING))
+ link.link_status = RTE_ETH_LINK_UP;
+
+ rte_eth_linkstatus_set(dev, &link);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_set_mtu(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, mtu);
+}
+
+static int
+rtap_macaddr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_ether_addr *addr)
+{
+ struct rtap_pmd *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+ return rtap_nl_set_mac(pmd->nlsk_fd, pmd->if_index, addr);
+}
+
static int
rtap_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
{
+ int ret = rtap_set_link_up(dev);
+
+ if (ret != 0)
+ return ret;
+
dev->data->dev_link.link_status = RTE_ETH_LINK_UP;
for (uint16_t i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
dev->data->rx_queue_state[i] = RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STARTED;
@@ -127,6 +218,8 @@ rtap_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
dev->data->dev_link.link_status = RTE_ETH_LINK_DOWN;
+ rtap_set_link_down(dev);
+
for (uint16_t i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
dev->data->rx_queue_state[i] = RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED;
dev->data->tx_queue_state[i] = RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED;
@@ -365,6 +458,15 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops rtap_ops = {
.dev_configure = rtap_dev_configure,
.dev_infos_get = rtap_dev_info,
.dev_close = rtap_dev_close,
+ .link_update = rtap_link_update,
+ .dev_set_link_up = rtap_set_link_up,
+ .dev_set_link_down = rtap_set_link_down,
+ .mac_addr_set = rtap_macaddr_set,
+ .mtu_set = rtap_mtu_set,
+ .promiscuous_enable = rtap_promiscuous_enable,
+ .promiscuous_disable = rtap_promiscuous_disable,
+ .allmulticast_enable = rtap_allmulticast_enable,
+ .allmulticast_disable = rtap_allmulticast_disable,
.stats_get = rtap_stats_get,
.stats_reset = rtap_stats_reset,
.rx_queue_setup = rtap_rx_queue_setup,
--
2.51.0
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