From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@mellanox.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>,
Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 01/13] devlink: Add reload level option to devlink reload command
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:58:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200728135808.GC2207@nanopsycho> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200727175802.04890dd3@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 02:58:02AM CEST, kuba@kernel.org wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:02:21 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
>> Add devlink reload level to allow the user to request a specific reload
>> level. The level parameter is optional, if not specified then driver's
>> default reload level is used (backward compatible).
>
>Please don't leave space for driver-specific behavior. The OS is
>supposed to abstract device differences away.
But this is needed to maintain the existing behaviour which is different
for different drivers.
>
>Previously the purpose of reload was to activate new devlink params
>(with driverinit cmode), now you want the ability to activate new
>firmware. Let users specify their intent and their constraints.
>
>> Reload levels supported are:
>> driver: driver entities re-instantiation only.
>> fw_reset: firmware reset and driver entities re-instantiation.
>> fw_live_patch: firmware live patching only.
>
>I'm concerned live_patch is not first - it's the lowest impact (since
>it's live). Please make sure you clearly specify the expected behavior
>for the new API.
>
>The notion of multi-host is key for live patching, so it has to be
>mentioned.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@mellanox.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-28 13:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-27 11:02 [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 01/13] devlink: Add reload level option to devlink reload command Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28 0:58 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-28 13:58 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2020-07-28 16:47 ` Jacob Keller
2020-07-28 18:44 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-28 19:18 ` Jacob Keller
2020-07-28 20:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-29 14:54 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-29 21:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-30 12:30 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-30 23:11 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-01 21:32 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-03 14:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-08-03 20:57 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-04 10:04 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-08-04 20:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-05 11:02 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-08-06 18:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-06 22:56 ` Jacob Keller
2020-08-09 13:21 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-10 16:53 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-10 17:09 ` Jacob Keller
2020-08-10 18:17 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-11 5:46 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 02/13] devlink: Add reload levels data to dev get Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28 0:58 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-29 14:37 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-29 21:11 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-30 12:05 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 03/13] net/mlx5: Add functions to set/query MFRL register Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 04/13] net/mlx5: Set cap for pci sync for fw update event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 05/13] net/mlx5: Handle sync reset request event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 06/13] net/mlx5: Handle sync reset now event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 07/13] net/mlx5: Handle sync reset abort event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 08/13] net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload level fw reset Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 09/13] devlink: Add enable_remote_dev_reset generic parameter Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28 0:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-29 14:42 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-29 20:57 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-30 12:08 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 10/13] net/mlx5: Add devlink param enable_remote_dev_reset support Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28 0:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 11/13] net/mlx5: Add support for fw live patch event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 12/13] net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload level live patch Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 13/13] devlink: Add Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28 5:25 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option Vasundhara Volam
2020-07-28 16:43 ` Jacob Keller
2020-08-03 10:24 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-03 12:17 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-03 12:47 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-03 13:52 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-04 10:13 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-05 6:32 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-05 6:55 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-05 8:20 ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-12 9:34 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-07-28 16:37 ` Jacob Keller
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