Re: [PATCH net-next 03/10] devlink: Serialize access to rate domains

Jakub Kicinski
2025-02-19T02:21:32Z

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:54:43 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> For the record, I'm still not convinced that introducing this kind of
> shared inter-devlink lock is good idea. We spent quite a bit of painful
> times getting rid of global devlink_mutex and making devlink locking
> scheme nice and simple as it currently is.
>
> But at the same time I admit I can't think of any other nicer solution
> to the problem this patchset is trying to solve.
>
> Jakub, any thoughts?

The problem comes from having a devlink instance per function /
port rather than for the ASIC. Spawn a single instance and the
problem will go away 🤷️

I think we talked about this multiple times, I think at least
once with Jake, too. Not that I remember all the details now..
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