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[+] ethtool: add FEC bins histogram report

[+] net/mlx5e: Don't query FEC statistics when FEC is disabled

[+] net/mlx5e: Add logic to read RS-FEC histogram bin ranges from PPHCR

[+] net/mlx5e: Report RS-FEC histogram statistics via ethtool

[+] selftests: net-drv: stats: sanity check FEC histogram

[+] Merge branch 'add-fec-bins-histogram-report-via-ethtool'

[+] Wangxun: vf: Implement some ethtool apis for get_xxx

[+] eth: fbnic: Add support to read lane count

[+] net: airoha: npu: Add a NPU callback to initialize flow stats

[+] vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check

[+] net: phy: micrel: Fix lan8814_config_init

[+] octeon_ep: Add support to retrieve hardware channel information

[+] octeon_ep_vf: Add support to retrieve hardware channel information

[+] Merge branch 'add-support-to-retrieve-hardware-channel-information'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: usable client side with C-flag

[+] selftests: mptcp: join: validate C-flag + def limit

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: refactor fill_local_addresses_vec

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: refactor fill_remote_addresses_vec

[+] mptcp: pm: rename 'subflows' to 'extra_subflows'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'subflows_max' to 'limit_extra_subflows'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'add_addr_signal_max' to 'endp_signal_max'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'add_addr_accept_max' to 'limit_add_addr_accepted'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'local_addr_max' to 'endp_subflow_max'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'local_addr_list' to 'endp_list'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'addrs' to 'endpoints'

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: remove stale_loss_cnt

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: reduce pernet struct size

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: compare IDs instead of addresses

[+] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: add laminar endpoints

[+] Merge branch 'mptcp-pm-special-case-for-c-flag-luminar-endp'

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_add() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_master() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_addr() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_up() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_down() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_addr_add() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_route_add() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: lib: Rename bridge_vlan_add() to adf_*

[+] selftests: net: vlan_bridge_binding: Rename dfr_set_binding_*() to adf_*

[+] selftests: forwarding: lib: Add an autodefer variant of vrf_prepare()

[+] selftests: forwarding: lib: Add an autodefer variant of simple_if_init()

[+] selftests: forwarding: lib: Add an autodefer variant of forwarding_enable()

[+] selftests: forwarding: README: Mention defer, adf_

[+] Merge branch 'selftests-mark-auto-deferring-functions-clearly'

[+] dt-bindings: net: cdns,macb: allow tsu_clk without tx_clk

[+] net: macb: remove illusion about TBQPH/RBQPH being per-queue

[+] net: macb: move ring size computation to functions

[+] net: macb: single dma_alloc_coherent() for DMA descriptors

[+] net: macb: avoid dealing with endianness in macb_set_hwaddr()

[+] Merge branch 'net-macb-various-fixes'

.../devicetree/bindings/net/cdns,macb.yaml | 2 +- Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml | 29 ++ Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 5 + drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c | 24 +- drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c | 19 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.h | 4 - drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 138 +++-- .../net/ethernet/fungible/funeth/funeth_ethtool.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 4 +- .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_ethtool.c | 10 + .../marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_ethtool.c | 10 + .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 1 + .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 8 + drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c | 127 ++++- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ethtool.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/ethtool.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.c | 33 ++ drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/ngbevf/ngbevf_main.c | 4 + .../net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbevf/txgbevf_main.c | 4 + drivers/net/netdevsim/ethtool.c | 25 +- drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 2 +- drivers/vhost/vringh.c | 7 +- include/linux/ethtool.h | 25 +- include/linux/soc/airoha/airoha_offload.h | 7 +- include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | 12 + include/uapi/linux/mptcp.h | 11 +- net/ethtool/fec.c | 75 ++- net/mptcp/pm.c | 32 +- net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c | 569 ++++++++++++++------- net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c | 2 +- net/mptcp/protocol.h | 21 +- net/mptcp/sockopt.c | 22 +- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcp_subflow.c | 2 +- .../drivers/net/mlxsw/devlink_trap_policer.sh | 9 +- .../selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/qos_ets_strict.sh | 12 +- .../drivers/net/mlxsw/qos_max_descriptors.sh | 9 +- .../selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/qos_mc_aware.sh | 12 +- .../selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/sch_red_core.sh | 6 +- tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/stats.py | 35 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/fdb_notify.sh | 26 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/README | 15 + .../net/forwarding/bridge_activity_notify.sh | 21 +- .../net/forwarding/bridge_fdb_local_vlan_0.sh | 65 ++- tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh | 18 + .../selftests/net/forwarding/sch_ets_core.sh | 9 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/sch_red.sh | 12 +- .../selftests/net/forwarding/sch_tbf_core.sh | 6 +- .../net/forwarding/vxlan_bridge_1q_mc_ul.sh | 141 +++-- .../selftests/net/forwarding/vxlan_reserved.sh | 33 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh | 16 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh | 11 + .../selftests/net/test_vxlan_fdb_changelink.sh | 8 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/vlan_bridge_binding.sh | 44 +- 60 files changed, 1177 insertions(+), 596 deletions(-)

New patches

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nipa: config: disable kmemleak auto scan

selftests: net: fix server bind failure in sctp_vrf.sh

nipa: config: x86: disable GPUs and sound

nipa: drv: net: add timeout

nipa: forwarding: set timeout to 3 hours

nipa: config: disable CPU_MITIGATIONS

nipa: tc_action dbg

nipa: selftests: net: enable profiling

nipa: dbg: tests: bonding: print info on failure

nipa: timestamp - try waking

nipa: profile (time) test output

nipa: config: x86: use periodic HZ tick

nipa: disable 6.17's merge window kunit tests

nipa: disable random kunit tests

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import client-ack-dropped-then-recovery-ms-timestamps.pkt

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import sockopt-fastopen-key.pkt

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Refine tcp_fastopen_server_reset-after-disconnect.pkt.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import opt34/*-trigger-rst.pkt.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import opt34/reset-* tests.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import opt34/icmp-before-accept.pkt.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import opt34/fin-close-socket.pkt.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Add test for experimental option.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Add test for TFO_SERVER_WO_SOCKOPT1.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Import TFO server basic tests.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Define common TCP Fast Open cookie.

[+] selftest: packetdrill: Require explicit setsockopt(TCP_FASTOPEN).

selftest: net: Check return value from read

net: dsa: yt921x: Add support for Motorcomm YT921x

net: dsa: tag_yt921x: add support for Motorcomm YT921x tags

dt-bindings: net: dsa: yt921x: Add Motorcomm YT921x switch support

net: phy: introduce PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_REVSGMII

dt-bindings: ethernet-phy: add reverse SGMII phy interface type

page_pool: Clamp pool size to max 16K pages

docs: networking: phy: clarify abbreviation "PAL"

net: ethtool: remove duplicated mm.o from Makefile

page_pool: Fix PP_MAGIC_MASK to avoid crashing on some 32-bit arches

net: wan: hd64572: validate RX length before skb allocation and copy

inet: Avoid ehash lookup race in inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule()

inet: Avoid ehash lookup race in inet_ehash_insert()

rculist: Add hlist_nulls_replace_rcu() and hlist_nulls_replace_init_rcu()

net: libwx: restrict change user-set RSS configuration

net: wangxun: add RSS reta and rxfh fields support

net: libwx: move rss_field to struct wx

net: libwx: support separate RSS configuration for every pool

net: enetc: initialize SW PIR and CIR based HW PIR and CIR values

net: remove one stac/clac pair from move_addr_to_user()

scm: use masked_user_access_begin() in put_cmsg()

atm: Fix the cleanup on alloc_mpc failure in atm_mpoa_mpoad_attach

net: stmmac: Add support for Allwinner A523 GMAC200

dt-bindings: net: sun8i-emac: Add A523 GMAC200 compatible

[c] selftests: forwarding: README: Mention defer, adf_

[c] selftests: forwarding: lib: Add an autodefer variant of forwarding_enable()

[c] selftests: forwarding: lib: Add an autodefer variant of simple_if_init()

[c] selftests: forwarding: lib: Add an autodefer variant of vrf_prepare()

[c] selftests: net: vlan_bridge_binding: Rename dfr_set_binding_*() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename bridge_vlan_add() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_route_add() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_addr_add() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_down() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_up() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_addr() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_set_master() to adf_*

[c] selftests: net: lib: Rename ip_link_add() to adf_*

tipc: adjust tipc_nodeid2string() to check the length of the result

net: stmmac: tc: Add HLBS drop count to taprio stats

net: stmmac: est: Drop frames causing HLBS error

net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data

[c] octeon_ep_vf: Add support to retrieve hardware channel information

[c] octeon_ep: Add support to retrieve hardware channel information

net/mlx5: Expose uar access and odp page fault counters

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: add laminar endpoints

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: compare IDs instead of addresses

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: reduce pernet struct size

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: remove stale_loss_cnt

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'addrs' to 'endpoints'

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'local_addr_list' to 'endp_list'

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'local_addr_max' to 'endp_subflow_max'

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'add_addr_accept_max' to 'limit_add_addr_accepted'

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'add_addr_signal_max' to 'endp_signal_max'

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: rename 'subflows_max' to 'limit_extra_subflows'

[c] mptcp: pm: rename 'subflows' to 'extra_subflows'

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: refactor fill_remote_addresses_vec

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: refactor fill_local_addresses_vec

[c] selftests: mptcp: join: validate C-flag + def limit

[c] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: usable client side with C-flag

[c] net: phy: micrel: Fix lan8814_config_init

[c] vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check

6pack: drop redundant locking and refcounting

[c] net: airoha: npu: Add a NPU callback to initialize flow stats

[c] eth: fbnic: Add support to read lane count

[-] net: stmmac: Convert open-coded register polling to helper macro

[c] selftests: net-drv: stats: sanity check FEC histogram

[c] net/mlx5e: Report RS-FEC histogram statistics via ethtool

[c] net/mlx5e: Add logic to read RS-FEC histogram bin ranges from PPHCR

[c] net/mlx5e: Don't query FEC statistics when FEC is disabled

[c] ethtool: add FEC bins histogram report

Documentation: net: add flow control guide and document ethtool API

[c] Wangxun: vf: Implement some ethtool apis for get_xxx

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