[RFC v5 4/5] drm/netlink: Define multicast groups

Aravind Iddamsetty aravind.iddamsetty at linux.intel.com
Wed Jul 30 06:49:55 UTC 2025


Netlink subsystem supports event notifications to userspace. we define
two multicast groups for correctable and uncorrectable errors to which
userspace can subscribe and be notified when any of those errors happen.
The group names are local to the driver's genl netlink family.

Reviewed-by: Michael J. Ruhl <michael.j.ruhl at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Aravind Iddamsetty <aravind.iddamsetty at linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_netlink.c  | 7 +++++++
 include/drm/drm_netlink.h      | 5 +++++
 include/uapi/drm/drm_netlink.h | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_netlink.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_netlink.c
index da4bfde32a22..a7c0a4401ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_netlink.c
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 
 DEFINE_XARRAY(drm_dev_xarray);
 
+static const struct genl_multicast_group drm_event_mcgrps[] = {
+	[DRM_GENL_MCAST_CORR_ERR] = { .name = DRM_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME_CORR_ERR, },
+	[DRM_GENL_MCAST_UNCORR_ERR] = { .name = DRM_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME_UNCORR_ERR, },
+};
+
 /**
  * drm_genl_reply - response to a request
  * @msg: socket buffer
@@ -156,6 +161,8 @@ static void drm_genl_family_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	dev->drm_genl_family->ops = drm_genl_ops;
 	dev->drm_genl_family->n_ops = ARRAY_SIZE(drm_genl_ops);
 	dev->drm_genl_family->maxattr = DRM_ATTR_MAX;
+	dev->drm_genl_family->mcgrps = drm_event_mcgrps;
+	dev->drm_genl_family->n_mcgrps = ARRAY_SIZE(drm_event_mcgrps);
 	dev->drm_genl_family->module = dev->dev->driver->owner;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_netlink.h b/include/drm/drm_netlink.h
index 4a746222337a..9e48147d0d36 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_netlink.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_netlink.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ struct drm_device;
 struct genl_info;
 struct sk_buff;
 
+enum mcgrps_events {
+	DRM_GENL_MCAST_CORR_ERR,
+	DRM_GENL_MCAST_UNCORR_ERR,
+};
+
 struct driver_genl_ops {
 	int		       (*doit)(struct drm_device *dev,
 				       struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_netlink.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_netlink.h
index 58afb6e8d84a..c978efaab124 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_netlink.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #define _DRM_NETLINK_H_
 
 #define DRM_GENL_VERSION 1
+#define DRM_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME_CORR_ERR	"drm_corr_err"
+#define DRM_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME_UNCORR_ERR	"drm_uncorr_err"
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ enum drm_genl_error_cmds {
 	DRM_RAS_CMD_READ_BLOCK,
 	/** @DRM_RAS_CMD_READ_ALL: Command to get counters of all errors */
 	DRM_RAS_CMD_READ_ALL,
+	/** @DRM_RAS_CMD_ERROR_EVENT: Command sent as part of multicast event */
+	DRM_RAS_CMD_ERROR_EVENT,
 
 	__DRM_CMD_MAX,
 	DRM_CMD_MAX = __DRM_CMD_MAX - 1,
-- 
2.25.1



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