diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 6b9a7d811e0f..e595fd02a5d8 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -173,6 +173,327 @@ err:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* GET request helpers */
+
+/**
+ * struct ethnl_dump_ctx - context structure for generic dumpit() callback
+ * @ops:      request ops of currently processed message type
+ * @req_info: parsed request header of processed request
+ * @pos_hash: saved iteration position - hashbucket
+ * @pos_idx:  saved iteration position - index
+ *
+ * These parameters are kept in struct netlink_callback as context preserved
+ * between iterations. They are initialized by ethnl_default_start() and used
+ * in ethnl_default_dumpit() and ethnl_default_done().
+ */
+struct ethnl_dump_ctx {
+	const struct ethnl_request_ops	*ops;
+	struct ethnl_req_info		*req_info;
+	struct ethnl_reply_data		*reply_data;
+	int				pos_hash;
+	int				pos_idx;
+};
+
+static const struct ethnl_request_ops *
+ethnl_default_requests[__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT] = {
+};
+
+static struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ethnl_dump_context(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	return (struct ethnl_dump_ctx *)cb->ctx;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ethnl_default_parse() - Parse request message
+ * @req_info:    pointer to structure to put data into
+ * @nlhdr:       pointer to request message header
+ * @net:         request netns
+ * @request_ops: struct request_ops for request type
+ * @extack:      netlink extack for error reporting
+ * @require_dev: fail if no device identified in header
+ *
+ * Parse universal request header and call request specific ->parse_request()
+ * callback (if defined) to parse the rest of the message.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative error code
+ */
+static int ethnl_default_parse(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+			       const struct nlmsghdr *nlhdr, struct net *net,
+			       const struct ethnl_request_ops *request_ops,
+			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, bool require_dev)
+{
+	struct nlattr **tb;
+	int ret;
+
+	tb = kmalloc_array(request_ops->max_attr + 1, sizeof(tb[0]),
+			   GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = nlmsg_parse(nlhdr, GENL_HDRLEN, tb, request_ops->max_attr,
+			  request_ops->request_policy, extack);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+	ret = ethnl_parse_header(req_info, tb[request_ops->hdr_attr], net,
+				 extack, require_dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (request_ops->parse_request) {
+		ret = request_ops->parse_request(req_info, tb, extack);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	kfree(tb);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ethnl_init_reply_data() - Initialize reply data for GET request
+ * @req_info: pointer to embedded struct ethnl_req_info
+ * @ops:      instance of struct ethnl_request_ops describing the layout
+ * @dev:      network device to initialize the reply for
+ *
+ * Fills the reply data part with zeros and sets the dev member. Must be called
+ * before calling the ->fill_reply() callback (for each iteration when handling
+ * dump requests).
+ */
+static void ethnl_init_reply_data(struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data,
+				  const struct ethnl_request_ops *ops,
+				  struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	memset(reply_data, 0, ops->reply_data_size);
+	reply_data->dev = dev;
+}
+
+/* default ->doit() handler for GET type requests */
+static int ethnl_default_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data = NULL;
+	struct ethnl_req_info *req_info = NULL;
+	const u8 cmd = info->genlhdr->cmd;
+	const struct ethnl_request_ops *ops;
+	struct sk_buff *rskb;
+	void *reply_payload;
+	int reply_len;
+	int ret;
+
+	ops = ethnl_default_requests[cmd];
+	if (WARN_ONCE(!ops, "cmd %u has no ethnl_request_ops\n", cmd))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	req_info = kzalloc(ops->req_info_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!req_info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	reply_data = kmalloc(ops->reply_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!reply_data) {
+		kfree(req_info);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = ethnl_default_parse(req_info, info->nlhdr, genl_info_net(info), ops,
+				  info->extack, !ops->allow_nodev_do);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_dev;
+	ethnl_init_reply_data(reply_data, ops, req_info->dev);
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	ret = ops->prepare_data(req_info, reply_data, info);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_cleanup;
+	reply_len = ops->reply_size(req_info, reply_data);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_cleanup;
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	rskb = ethnl_reply_init(reply_len, req_info->dev, ops->reply_cmd,
+				ops->hdr_attr, info, &reply_payload);
+	if (!rskb)
+		goto err_cleanup;
+	ret = ops->fill_reply(rskb, req_info, reply_data);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_msg;
+	if (ops->cleanup_data)
+		ops->cleanup_data(reply_data);
+
+	genlmsg_end(rskb, reply_payload);
+	if (req_info->dev)
+		dev_put(req_info->dev);
+	kfree(reply_data);
+	kfree(req_info);
+	return genlmsg_reply(rskb, info);
+
+err_msg:
+	WARN_ONCE(ret == -EMSGSIZE, "calculated message payload length (%d) not sufficient\n", reply_len);
+	nlmsg_free(rskb);
+err_cleanup:
+	if (ops->cleanup_data)
+		ops->cleanup_data(reply_data);
+err_dev:
+	if (req_info->dev)
+		dev_put(req_info->dev);
+	kfree(reply_data);
+	kfree(req_info);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ethnl_default_dump_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+				  const struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ethnl_init_reply_data(ctx->reply_data, ctx->ops, dev);
+	rtnl_lock();
+	ret = ctx->ops->prepare_data(ctx->req_info, ctx->reply_data, NULL);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+	ret = ethnl_fill_reply_header(skb, dev, ctx->ops->hdr_attr);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+	ret = ctx->ops->fill_reply(skb, ctx->req_info, ctx->reply_data);
+
+out:
+	if (ctx->ops->cleanup_data)
+		ctx->ops->cleanup_data(ctx->reply_data);
+	ctx->reply_data->dev = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Default ->dumpit() handler for GET requests. Device iteration copied from
+ * rtnl_dump_ifinfo(); we have to be more careful about device hashtable
+ * persistence as we cannot guarantee to hold RTNL lock through the whole
+ * function as rtnetnlink does.
+ */
+static int ethnl_default_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx = ethnl_dump_context(cb);
+	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
+	int s_idx = ctx->pos_idx;
+	int h, idx = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	void *ehdr;
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	for (h = ctx->pos_hash; h < NETDEV_HASHENTRIES; h++, s_idx = 0) {
+		struct hlist_head *head;
+		struct net_device *dev;
+		unsigned int seq;
+
+		head = &net->dev_index_head[h];
+
+restart_chain:
+		seq = net->dev_base_seq;
+		cb->seq = seq;
+		idx = 0;
+		hlist_for_each_entry(dev, head, index_hlist) {
+			if (idx < s_idx)
+				goto cont;
+			dev_hold(dev);
+			rtnl_unlock();
+
+			ehdr = genlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
+					   cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
+					   &ethtool_genl_family, 0,
+					   ctx->ops->reply_cmd);
+			if (!ehdr) {
+				dev_put(dev);
+				ret = -EMSGSIZE;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			ret = ethnl_default_dump_one(skb, dev, ctx);
+			dev_put(dev);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				genlmsg_cancel(skb, ehdr);
+				if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+					goto lock_and_cont;
+				if (likely(skb->len))
+					ret = skb->len;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			genlmsg_end(skb, ehdr);
+lock_and_cont:
+			rtnl_lock();
+			if (net->dev_base_seq != seq) {
+				s_idx = idx + 1;
+				goto restart_chain;
+			}
+cont:
+			idx++;
+		}
+
+	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
+out:
+	ctx->pos_hash = h;
+	ctx->pos_idx = idx;
+	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(skb));
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* generic ->start() handler for GET requests */
+static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx = ethnl_dump_context(cb);
+	struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data;
+	const struct ethnl_request_ops *ops;
+	struct ethnl_req_info *req_info;
+	struct genlmsghdr *ghdr;
+	int ret;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*ctx) > sizeof(cb->ctx));
+
+	ghdr = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
+	ops = ethnl_default_requests[ghdr->cmd];
+	if (WARN_ONCE(!ops, "cmd %u has no ethnl_request_ops\n", ghdr->cmd))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	req_info = kzalloc(ops->req_info_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!req_info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	reply_data = kmalloc(ops->reply_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!reply_data) {
+		kfree(req_info);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = ethnl_default_parse(req_info, cb->nlh, sock_net(cb->skb->sk), ops,
+				  cb->extack, false);
+	if (req_info->dev) {
+		/* We ignore device specification in dump requests but as the
+		 * same parser as for non-dump (doit) requests is used, it
+		 * would take reference to the device if it finds one
+		 */
+		dev_put(req_info->dev);
+		req_info->dev = NULL;
+	}
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ctx->ops = ops;
+	ctx->req_info = req_info;
+	ctx->reply_data = reply_data;
+	ctx->pos_hash = 0;
+	ctx->pos_idx = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* default ->done() handler for GET requests */
+static int ethnl_default_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx = ethnl_dump_context(cb);
+
+	kfree(ctx->reply_data);
+	kfree(ctx->req_info);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* notifications */
 
 typedef void (*ethnl_notify_handler_t)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 05d7183da894..6ec0dd06277f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -200,16 +200,130 @@ static inline unsigned int ethnl_reply_header_size(void)
 			      nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ));
 }
 
+/* GET request handling */
+
+/* Unified processing of GET requests uses two data structures: request info
+ * and reply data. Request info holds information parsed from client request
+ * and its stays constant through all request processing. Reply data holds data
+ * retrieved from ethtool_ops callbacks or other internal sources which is used
+ * to compose the reply. When processing a dump request, request info is filled
+ * only once (when the request message is parsed) but reply data is filled for
+ * each reply message.
+ *
+ * Both structures consist of part common for all request types (struct
+ * ethnl_req_info and struct ethnl_reply_data defined below) and optional
+ * parts specific for each request type. Common part always starts at offset 0.
+ */
+
 /**
  * struct ethnl_req_info - base type of request information for GET requests
  * @dev:   network device the request is for (may be null)
  * @flags: request flags common for all request types
  *
- * This is a common base, additional members may follow after this structure.
+ * This is a common base for request specific structures holding data from
+ * parsed userspace request. These always embed struct ethnl_req_info at
+ * zero offset.
  */
 struct ethnl_req_info {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	u32			flags;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct ethnl_reply_data - base type of reply data for GET requests
+ * @dev:       device for current reply message; in single shot requests it is
+ *             equal to &ethnl_req_info.dev; in dumps it's different for each
+ *             reply message
+ *
+ * This is a common base for request specific structures holding data for
+ * kernel reply message. These always embed struct ethnl_reply_data at zero
+ * offset.
+ */
+struct ethnl_reply_data {
+	struct net_device		*dev;
+};
+
+static inline int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev && dev->ethtool_ops->begin)
+		return dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev);
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void ethnl_ops_complete(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev && dev->ethtool_ops->complete)
+		dev->ethtool_ops->complete(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * struct ethnl_request_ops - unified handling of GET requests
+ * @request_cmd:      command id for request (GET)
+ * @reply_cmd:        command id for reply (GET_REPLY)
+ * @hdr_attr:         attribute type for request header
+ * @max_attr:         maximum (top level) attribute type
+ * @req_info_size:    size of request info
+ * @reply_data_size:  size of reply data
+ * @request_policy:   netlink policy for message contents
+ * @allow_nodev_do:   allow non-dump request with no device identification
+ * @parse_request:
+ *	Parse request except common header (struct ethnl_req_info). Common
+ *	header is already filled on entry, the rest up to @repdata_offset
+ *	is zero initialized. This callback should only modify type specific
+ *	request info by parsed attributes from request message.
+ * @prepare_data:
+ *	Retrieve and prepare data needed to compose a reply message. Calls to
+ *	ethtool_ops handlers are limited to this callback. Common reply data
+ *	(struct ethnl_reply_data) is filled on entry, type specific part after
+ *	it is zero initialized. This callback should only modify the type
+ *	specific part of reply data. Device identification from struct
+ *	ethnl_reply_data is to be used as for dump requests, it iterates
+ *	through network devices while dev member of struct ethnl_req_info
+ *	points to the device from client request.
+ * @reply_size:
+ *	Estimate reply message size. Returned value must be sufficient for
+ *	message payload without common reply header. The callback may returned
+ *	estimate higher than actual message size if exact calculation would
+ *	not be worth the saved memory space.
+ * @fill_reply:
+ *	Fill reply message payload (except for common header) from reply data.
+ *	The callback must not generate more payload than previously called
+ *	->reply_size() estimated.
+ * @cleanup_data:
+ *	Optional cleanup called when reply data is no longer needed. Can be
+ *	used e.g. to free any additional data structures outside the main
+ *	structure which were allocated by ->prepare_data(). When processing
+ *	dump requests, ->cleanup() is called for each message.
+ *
+ * Description of variable parts of GET request handling when using the
+ * unified infrastructure. When used, a pointer to an instance of this
+ * structure is to be added to &ethnl_default_requests array and generic
+ * handlers ethnl_default_doit(), ethnl_default_dumpit(),
+ * ethnl_default_start() and ethnl_default_done() used in @ethtool_genl_ops.
+ */
+struct ethnl_request_ops {
+	u8			request_cmd;
+	u8			reply_cmd;
+	u16			hdr_attr;
+	unsigned int		max_attr;
+	unsigned int		req_info_size;
+	unsigned int		reply_data_size;
+	const struct nla_policy *request_policy;
+	bool			allow_nodev_do;
+
+	int (*parse_request)(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+			     struct nlattr **tb,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*prepare_data)(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+			    struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data,
+			    struct genl_info *info);
+	int (*reply_size)(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+			  const struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data);
+	int (*fill_reply)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			  const struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+			  const struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data);
+	void (*cleanup_data)(struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_data);
+};
+
 #endif /* _NET_ETHTOOL_NETLINK_H */