netdev - [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] devlink: make ethtool compat reliable

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Date:   Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:07:51 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     mkubecek@...e.cz, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] devlink: make ethtool compat reliable

Hi!

This is a follow up to the series which added device flash
updates via devlink. I went with the approach of adding a
new NDO in the end. It seems to end up looking cleaner
(the port favour patches are coming regardless ;)).

First patch removes the option to build devlink as a module.
Users can still decide to not build it, but the module option
ends up not being worth the maintenance cost.

Second patch fixes a potential issue with ethtool code, which
will become even more problematic as the NDO introduced by
the third patch does not hold RTNL. The new NDO allows the core
to get the devlink instance based on a netdev pointer.

Next the NDO is implemented in the NFP, and ethtool flashing
ops removed.

Last but not least missing checks for devlink->ops are added.
There is currently no driver registering devlink without ops,
so can just fix this in -next.

v3 (Florian):
 - add missing checks for devlink->ops;
 - move locking/holding into devlink_compat_ functions.
v2 (Michal): add netdev_to_devlink() in patch 3.

Jakub Kicinski (6):
  net: devlink: turn devlink into a built-in
  devlink: create a special NDO for getting the devlink instance
  nfp: add .ndo_get_devlink
  nfp: remove ethtool flashing fallback
  devlink: hold a reference to the netdevice around ethtool compat
  devlink: add missing NULL checks for devlink ops

 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/Kconfig         |  1 -
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/Kconfig            |  1 -
 drivers/net/Kconfig                           |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig         |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/Kconfig           |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/Kconfig    |  1 -
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig   |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/Kconfig   |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/Kconfig        |  1 -
 drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_app.h  |  2 +
 .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_devlink.c  | 11 +++
 .../ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c   |  1 +
 .../ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c  | 24 -----
 .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_repr.c |  1 +
 include/linux/netdevice.h                     |  6 ++
 include/net/devlink.h                         | 19 ++--
 net/Kconfig                                   | 11 +--
 net/core/devlink.c                            | 87 +++++++------------
 net/core/ethtool.c                            | 13 +--
 net/dsa/Kconfig                               |  2 +-
 20 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)

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