netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH iproute2-next V2] System specification exception API

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Message-ID: <20180927124736.GB2209@nanopsycho.orion>
Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:47:36 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Ariel Almog <ariela@...lanox.com>,
        Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH iproute2-next V2] System specification exception API

Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 01:52:58PM CEST, eranbe@...lanox.com wrote:
>The exception spec is targeted for Real Time Alerting, in order to know when
>something bad had happened to a PCI device
>- Provide alert debug information
>- Self healing
>- If problem needs vendor support, provide a way to gather all needed debugging
>  information.
>
>The exception mechanism contains condition checkers which sense for malfunction. Upon a condition hit,
>actions such as logs and correction can be taken.
>
>The condition checkers are divided into the following groups
>- Hardware - a checker which is triggered by the device due to
>  malfunction.
>- Software - a checker which is triggered by the software due to
>  malfunction.

What do you mean by a "software malfunction", a "FW malfunction"?
Also, I don't see this 2 groups in the man.


>Both groups of condition checkers can be triggered due to error event or due to a periodic check.
>
>Actions are the way to handle those events. Action can be in one of the
>following groups:
>- Dump -  SW trace, SW dump, HW trace, HW dump
>- Reset - Surgical correction (e.g. modify Q, flush Q, reset of device, etc)
>Actions can be performed by SW or HW.
>
>User is allowed to enable or disable condition checkers and its action mapping.
>
>This RFC man page patch describes the suggested API of devlink-exception in order
>to control conditions and actions.
>
>V2:
>* Renaming terms:
>	health -> exception
>	sensor -> condition
>* Remove reinit command and merge with action command.
>* Consmetics in grammer.
>
>Eran Ben Elisha (1):
>  man: Add devlink exception man page
>
> man/man8/devlink-exception.8 | 158 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 158 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 man/man8/devlink-exception.8
>
>-- 
>1.8.3.1
>