netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v4 11/15] devlink: Add enable_remote_dev

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Date:   Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:12:25 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v4 11/15] devlink: Add
 enable_remote_dev_reset generic parameter

Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 08:07:58AM CEST, moshe@...lanox.com wrote:
>The enable_remote_dev_reset devlink param flags that the host admin
>allows device resets that can be initiated by other hosts. This
>parameter is useful for setups where a device is shared by different
>hosts, such as multi-host setup. Once the user set this parameter to
>false, the driver should NACK any attempt to reset the device while the
>driver is loaded.
>
>Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>