+/**
+ * Return the number of active VFs for the current device.
+ *
+ * @param[in] priv
+ * Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param[out] num_vfs
+ * Number of active VFs.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ */
+int
+priv_get_num_vfs(struct priv *priv, uint16_t *num_vfs)
+{
+ /* The sysfs entry name depends on the operating system. */
+ const char **name = (const char *[]){
+ "device/sriov_numvfs",
+ "device/mlx5_num_vfs",
+ NULL,
+ };
+ int ret;
+
+ do {
+ unsigned long ulong_num_vfs;
+
+ ret = priv_get_sysfs_ulong(priv, *name, &ulong_num_vfs);
+ if (!ret)
+ *num_vfs = ulong_num_vfs;
+ } while (*(++name) && ret);
+ return ret;
+}
+