netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] docs: net: add missing devlink health cmd

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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:30:26 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ayal@...lanox.com, eranbe@...dia.com,
        jiri@...dia.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        jacob.e.keller@...el.com, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] docs: net: add missing devlink health cmd - trigger

Documentation is missing and it's not very clear what
this callback is for - presumably testing the recovery?

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst
index d52c9a605188..e37f77734b5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ User can access/change each reporter's parameters and driver specific callbacks
      - Allows reporter-related configuration setting.
    * - ``DEVLINK_CMD_HEALTH_REPORTER_RECOVER``
      - Triggers reporter's recovery procedure.
+   * - ``DEVLINK_CMD_HEALTH_REPORTER_TEST``
+     - Triggers a fake health event on the reporter. The effects of the test
+       event in terms of recovery flow should follow closely that of a real
+       event.
    * - ``DEVLINK_CMD_HEALTH_REPORTER_DIAGNOSE``
      - Retrieves current device state related to the reporter.
    * - ``DEVLINK_CMD_HEALTH_REPORTER_DUMP_GET``
-- 
2.30.2