netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 10/11] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Request a dump of FIB tables during init

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Message-Id: <1479920903.4037682.797206209.599A8C7A@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:08:23 +0100
From:   Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com,
        eladr@...lanox.com, yotamg@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 10/11] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Request a dump of
 FIB tables during init

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016, at 18:04, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >Sure, but an abort function can be provided to the kernel anyway and the
> >driver can care about that.
> 
> Ok, how?

I think just a sysctl ontop of this series is enough plus a pr_warn.
Rocker and mlxsw are responsible to loop for a maximum amount of time.

Otherwise, if more fancy, can we provide an
fib_inconsistency_notification function pointer in netdev_ops?

Bye and thanks,
Hannes