netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 09/11] devlink: convert occ

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Date:   Thu, 5 Apr 2018 07:36:38 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...lanox.com, petrm@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/11] devlink: convert occ_get op to separate
 registration

Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 01:00:18AM CEST, dsahern@...il.com wrote:
>On 4/4/18 4:59 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 08:25:11 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>>> Jiri, I am not aware of any other API where a driver registers with it
>>>> yet doesn't want the handler to be called so either waits to register  
>>>
>>> Again, the thing is, this is kind of unusual because of the reload
>>> thing. 
>> 
>> FWIW my knee jerk thought is that it's strange that devlink ops can
>> be executed at all while reload is happening (incl. another reload
>> request).  I'm probably missing the real issue..
>> 
>
>Just responding with the same question ...
>
>Why are you not unregistering resources on a reload?

Because you need the use the values of course!