netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: hns3: Add support of debugfs interface to HNS3 driver

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Date:   Sat, 10 Jun 2017 18:35:35 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Cc:     Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "yisen.zhuang@...wei.com" <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        "huangdaode@...ilicon.com" <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>,
        "lipeng321@...wei.com" <lipeng321@...wei.com>,
        "mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com" <mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linuxarm@...wei.com" <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: hns3: Add support of debugfs interface
 to HNS3 driver

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 12:51:57PM +0000, Mintz, Yuval wrote:
> > This adds the support of the debugfs interface to the driver for debugging
> > purposes.
> 
> > +const struct  hclge_support_cmd  support_cmd[] = {
> > +	{"send cmd", 8, hclge_dbg_send,
> > +		"opcode flag data0 data1 data2 data3 data4 data5"},
> > +	{"help", 4, hclge_dbg_usage, "no option"}, };
> 
> Is there an actual description of what this does? Or is it simply a huge backdoor?

It looks like a huge backdoor to the chip.

It is O.K. to have such a patch internally for your own development
work, but it should not be submitted for mainline.

NACK

	Andrew