netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] mlxsw: spectrum: Implement the ethtool flash

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Date:   Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:25:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yotamg@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
        ogerlitz@...lanox.com, ilant@...lanox.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
        arkadis@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] mlxsw: spectrum: Implement the ethtool
 flash_device callback

From: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu,  1 Jun 2017 16:26:46 +0300

> Add callback to the ethtool flash_device op. This callback uses the mlxfw
> module to flash the new firmware file to the device.
> 
> As the firmware flash process takes about 20 seconds and ethtool takes the
> rtnl lock during the flash_device callback, release the rtnl lock at the
> beginning of the flash process and take it again before leaving the
> callback. This way, the rtnl is not held during the process. To make sure
> the device does not get deleted during the flash process, take a reference
> to it before releasing the rtnl lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>

You're going to have to implement some kind of sleeping synchronization
then, in order to prevent another thread coming in and starting another
flash at the same time.

Nevermind, I see you have to take the FSM lock to start the flash
operation so it should be fine.

Applied, thanks.