From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: <jiri@resnulli.us>, <leon@kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 05/10] devlink: remove the registration guarantee of references
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:31:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221219143120.6249715e@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1aa72500-79cd-810e-947c-172bbc4db513@intel.com>
On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:14:18 -0800 Jacob Keller wrote:
> On 12/19/2022 2:02 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone would notice :)
>
> I'm fine with it, but I would expect that devlink_register would want to
> report it at least?
New code should not use devlink_* functions, so probably not worth it.
> > Returning errors from the registration helper seems natural,
> > and if we don't have this ability it may impact our ability
> > to extend the core in the long run.
> > I was against making core functions void in the first place.
> > It's a good opportunity to change back.
>
> Sure. I think its better to be able to report an error but wanted to
> make sure its actually caught or at least logged if it occurs.
>
> We can ofcourse change the function templates again since we don't
> really guarantee API stability across versions, but it is more work for
> backporting in the future.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-19 22:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-17 1:19 [RFC net-next 00/10] devlink: remove the wait-for-references on unregister Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 01/10] devlink: bump the instance index directly when iterating Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-02 13:24 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-03 7:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-04 2:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-02 22:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 02/10] devlink: update the code in netns move to latest helpers Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-02 13:45 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 03/10] devlink: protect devlink->dev by the instance lock Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 04/10] devlink: always check if the devlink instance is registered Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 17:48 ` Jacob Keller
2022-12-19 21:55 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 22:08 ` Jacob Keller
2023-01-02 13:58 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 23:05 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-03 9:26 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-04 2:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-04 16:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 14:57 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 15:12 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 23:16 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-03 9:30 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-03 12:26 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-04 2:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 05/10] devlink: remove the registration guarantee of references Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 17:56 ` Jacob Keller
2022-12-19 22:02 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 22:14 ` Jacob Keller
2022-12-19 22:31 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-01-02 14:18 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 14:32 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 23:18 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 06/10] devlink: don't require setting features before registration Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-02 15:25 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 23:24 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-02 23:32 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-03 9:46 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 07/10] netdevsim: rename a label Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 18:01 ` Jacob Keller
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 08/10] netdevsim: move devlink registration under the instance lock Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 09/10] devlink: allow registering parameters after the instance Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-17 1:19 ` [RFC net-next 10/10] netdevsim: register devlink instance before sub-objects Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-02 13:34 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-02 23:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-03 9:51 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-04 2:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 17:38 ` [RFC net-next 00/10] devlink: remove the wait-for-references on unregister Jacob Keller
2022-12-19 22:10 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-12-19 22:16 ` Jacob Keller
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