netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 03/11] devlink: Add health report functionality

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Message-ID: <20190207093827.GB2193@nanopsycho>
Date:   Thu, 7 Feb 2019 10:38:27 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>,
        Aya Levin <ayal@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 03/11] devlink: Add health report
 functionality

Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 10:36:34AM CET, eranbe@...lanox.com wrote:
>Upon error discover, every driver can report it to the devlink health
>mechanism via devlink_health_report function, using the appropriate
>reporter registered to it. Driver can pass error specific context which
>will be delivered to it as part of the dump / recovery callbacks.
>
>Once an error is reported, devlink health will do the following actions:
>* A log is being send to the kernel trace events buffer
>* Health status and statistics are being updated for the reporter instance
>* Object dump is being taken and stored at the reporter instance (as long
>  as there is no other dump which is already stored)
>* Auto recovery attempt is being done. Depends on:
>  - Auto Recovery configuration
>  - Grace period vs. Time since last recover
>
>Signed-off-by: Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
>Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>