``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX``  u32     device ifindex
   ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME``   string  device name
   ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS``      u32     flags common for all requests
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX``  u32     phy device index
   ==============================  ======  =============================
 
 ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME`` identify the
 of the flag should be interpreted the way the client expects. A client must
 not set flags it does not understand.
 
+``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX`` identifies the Ethernet PHY the message relates to.
+As there are numerous commands that are related to PHY configuration, and because
+there may be more than one PHY on the link, the PHY index can be passed in the
+request for the commands that needs it. It is, however, not mandatory, and if it
+is not passed for commands that target a PHY, the net_device.phydev pointer
+is used.
 
 Bit sets
 ========
 
 #include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include "netlink.h"
+#include <linux/phy_link_topology.h>
 
 static struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family;
 
                                                          ETHTOOL_FLAGS_STATS),
 };
 
+const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy[] = {
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME]     = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+                                           .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS]        = NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32,
+                                                         ETHTOOL_FLAGS_BASIC),
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]            = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),
+};
+
+const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy_stats[] = {
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME]     = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+                                           .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS]        = NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32,
+                                                         ETHTOOL_FLAGS_STATS),
+       [ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]            = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),
+};
+
 int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        int ret;
                               const struct nlattr *header, struct net *net,
                               struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, bool require_dev)
 {
-       struct nlattr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy)];
+       struct nlattr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy_phy)];
        const struct nlattr *devname_attr;
+       struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
        struct net_device *dev = NULL;
        u32 flags = 0;
        int ret;
        /* No validation here, command policy should have a nested policy set
         * for the header, therefore validation should have already been done.
         */
-       ret = nla_parse_nested(tb, ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy) - 1, header,
+       ret = nla_parse_nested(tb, ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy_phy) - 1, header,
                               NULL, extack);
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       if (dev) {
+               if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]) {
+                       struct nlattr *phy_id;
+
+                       phy_id = tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX];
+                       phydev = phy_link_topo_get_phy(dev->link_topo,
+                                                      nla_get_u32(phy_id));
+                       if (!phydev) {
+                               NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, phy_id);
+                               return -ENODEV;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       /* If we need a PHY but no phy index is specified, fallback
+                        * to dev->phydev
+                        */
+                       phydev = dev->phydev;
+               }
+       } else if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, header,
+                                   "can't target a PHY without a netdev");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       req_info->phydev = phydev;
        req_info->dev = dev;
        req_info->flags = flags;
        return 0;
 
  * @dev:   network device the request is for (may be null)
  * @dev_tracker: refcount tracker for @dev reference
  * @flags: request flags common for all request types
+ * @phydev: phy_device connected to @dev this request is for (may be null)
  *
  * This is a common base for request specific structures holding data from
  * parsed userspace request. These always embed struct ethnl_req_info at
        struct net_device       *dev;
        netdevice_tracker       dev_tracker;
        u32                     flags;
+       struct phy_device       *phydev;
 };
 
 static inline void ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info)
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_plca_cfg_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_plca_status_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_mm_request_ops;
+extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_phy_request_ops;
 
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_strset_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_COUNTS_ONLY + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_linkinfo_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_linkinfo_set_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX_CTRL + 1];