linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: hns3: Add support of debugfs interface to HNS3 driver

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:16:06 +0000
From:   Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen)" <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        huangdaode <huangdaode@...ilicon.com>,
        "lipeng (Y)" <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 <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: hns3: Add support of debugfs
 interface to HNS3 driver

Hi Andrew,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@...n.ch]
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 5:36 PM
> To: Mintz, Yuval
> Cc: Salil Mehta; davem@...emloft.net; Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen); huangdaode;
> lipeng (Y); mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Linuxarm
> 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
I will drop this debugfs patch for now.

Thanks
Salil