netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC v2 02/11] devlink: Add support for resource abstraction

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:27:27 +0200
From:   Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC v2 02/11] devlink: Add support for resource
 abstraction



On 11/15/2017 09:59 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:18:43 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>
>>
>> Add support for hardware resource abstraction over devlink. Each resource
>> is identified via id, furthermore it contains information regarding its
>> size and its related sub resources. Each resource can also provide its
>> current occupancy.
>>
>> In some cases the sizes of some resources can be changed, yet for those
>> changes to take place a hot driver reload may be needed. The reload
>> capability will be introduced in the next patch.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@...lanox.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> ---
>>  include/net/devlink.h        |  80 +++++++++++
>>  include/uapi/linux/devlink.h |  10 ++
>>  net/core/devlink.c           | 330 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 420 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
>> index 4d2c6fc..960e80a 100644
>> --- a/include/net/devlink.h
>> +++ b/include/net/devlink.h
>> @@ -224,6 +225,45 @@ struct devlink_dpipe_headers {
>>  	unsigned int headers_count;
>>  };
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * struct devlink_resource_ops - resource ops
>> + * @occ_get - get the occupied size
>> + * @size_validate - validate the size of the resource before update, reload
> 
> nit:
> @member: is more common and used throughout this file, rather than
> @member - 
> 

Will fix, thanks for the review.

>> + *                  is needed for changes to take place
>> + */
>> +struct devlink_resource_ops {
>> +	u64 (*occ_get)(struct devlink *devlink);
>> +	int (*size_validate)(struct devlink *devlink, u64 size,
>> +			     struct list_head *resource_list,
>> +			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
>> +};