From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA186274650; Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:06:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772319960; cv=none; b=HYO59SCY1adG7o/gPihJPYdyD/mQo4F/WNucxh8p3C//LK6GRzXYLhwKYMqTUtG1AEhYu/US74UZqDsgA1lBZA0lLdlQBkD+FuzGjPg2knvdbhvsmnDdTDQD5ZApUDRzpYkjwklcVTCyQmxYAnoh3OLbM3/JqpOgcYTIOXSWIls= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772319960; c=relaxed/simple; bh=A6M2iDOhmSVC++8GhnKmIQhmOUtWCEws46FWPCDoinE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=AcSzwWcyDC5F396YCGnn3/7JM2kHGXQZ5HJYb577lPVcDBN9IMemRGQhdiZg7S8xG31gwd4w+ioJowP0c6ZSzrR+EUogWcW4JZhWI4MHgKkS4FdPyDEQGCi4TLcJDItC+44CtbJbCQa01dAXnY714buphRc79jGGLmXbpdOD3tM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=drBFJaXi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="drBFJaXi" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 77F03C116D0; Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:05:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772319960; bh=A6M2iDOhmSVC++8GhnKmIQhmOUtWCEws46FWPCDoinE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=drBFJaXi3mSj4lyumQKUzSyEEhaUVEhD9gLWoHad2nQa2zc7yIdx0QHigj8silyMu rjUja3m7KmTeS6mko2Qufh4SaNwt1eDBNGp9nf5fONPQOTJSTpD1U5ybU/OCeLfrC4 jyIwYvccHd8Iv4YoXwfqfX1zi2ETjfr2OmP/axwZFiyRX1dhx4L3zTHtvEU0Yd5PGW eYf3jtfx2Asurza/kWLkfRmhgEBERaccb13rxEYrCxNCvqA0+K9IL2XjnsvjEOttwF 1HyjdhOG5R+5fiAkFw5wLDUP/XdrBDpN7aTXzY9YjcrdKpU27j3DhEdTvRLmpgJdPW St6N2A21tLpLA== Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:05:58 -0800 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Jiri Pirko Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, donald.hunter@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, saeedm@nvidia.com, leon@kernel.org, tariqt@nvidia.com, mbloch@nvidia.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, mschmidt@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, chuck.lever@oracle.com, matttbe@kernel.org, cjubran@nvidia.com, daniel.zahka@gmail.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 09/10] documentation: networking: add shared devlink documentation Message-ID: <20260228150558.46f3be36@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260225133422.290965-10-jiri@resnulli.us> References: <20260225133422.290965-1-jiri@resnulli.us> <20260225133422.290965-10-jiri@resnulli.us> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:34:21 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote: > +Shared devlink instances allow multiple physical functions (PFs) on the same > +chip to share an additional devlink instance for chip-wide operations. This > +is implemented within individual drivers alongside the individual PF devlink > +instances, not replacing them. Sounds like you want to preclude what was the goal in the discussion with Przemek you quoted - a shared instance _only_ case. We don't have to implement it today, but I think it's an entirely sane direction. So the docs should not state otherwise.