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I would like to replicate the behavior of ethtool -r when auto-negotiation is active in my C++ code with NETLINK sockets. I search the CLI ethtool source code and I found that they use IOCTL sockets and the command of ethtool ETHTOOL_NWAY_RST. According to kernel docs here, this command has not been translated to NETLINK sockets. Before I give up, I just want know if there is another approach to get the same behavior.

What I tried so far

  • I have static routes in the interface, so turning down and up the interface would not work because I lose those routes. This does not happen with ethtool -r.
  • For the same reason the ip link set down/up [dev] behavior also would not be ideal in my case.

My code is currently working using the CLI of ethtool, but a more clean and better approach would be to use the userspace API directly. My code has already been made for NETLINK sockets and that's why I prefer this approach.

I would appreciate any help. Thanks

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Basically, after several weeks of searching for an answer, it was clear that it is not possible at the moment Jun 2024 to use NETLINK sockets to initiate a auto-negotiation and trigger the effect of ethtool -r.

In this case, we can only work with the IOCTL sockets to communicate and have the same behavior. I follow a similar approach as the CLI tool do_nway_rst.

I hope this could save it some time to future devs :D

Happy coding.

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