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: <20161123192230.7uuqwlme3pkrmpyl@splinter>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:22:30 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
        yotamg@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com, arkadis@...lanox.com,
        ogerlitz@...lanox.com, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        dsa@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        andy@...yhouse.net, vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
        kaber@...sh.net
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 06:08:23PM +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> 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.

Maybe, when the module requests a dump it can also provide a callback
that is invoked following each failed dump?