linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/16] devlink: Add devlink reload limit option

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Date:   Thu, 1 Oct 2020 14:15:43 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/16] devlink: Add devlink reload limit option

On Thu,  1 Oct 2020 16:59:06 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> Add reload limit to demand restrictions on reload actions.
> Reload limits supported:
> no_reset: No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no
>           configuration is lost.
> 
> By default reload limit is unspecified and so no constrains on reload
> actions are required.
> 
> Some combinations of action and limit are invalid. For example, driver
> can not reinitialize its entities without any downtime.
> 
> The no_reset reload limit will have usecase in this patchset to
> implement restricted fw_activate on mlx5.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>

Other than the nit:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>