netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/6] bnxt_en: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' and 'allow_live_dev

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jun 2020 08:18:19 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        michael.chan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/6] bnxt_en: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' and
 'allow_live_dev_reset' generic devlink params.

Sun, May 31, 2020 at 09:03:39AM CEST, vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com wrote:
>Live device reset capability allows the users to reset the device in real
>time. For example, after flashing a new firmware image, this feature allows
>a user to initiate the reset immediately from a separate command, to load
>the new firmware without reloading the driver or resetting the system.
>
>When device reset is initiated, services running on the host interfaces
>will momentarily pause and resume once reset is completed, which is very
>similar to momentary network outage.
>
>This patchset adds support for two new generic devlink parameters for
>controlling the live device reset capability and use it in the bnxt_en
>driver.
>
>Users can initiate the reset from a separate command, for example,
>'ethtool --reset ethX all' or 'devlink dev reload' to reset the
>device.
>Where ethX or dev is any PF with administrative privileges.
>
>Patchset also updates firmware spec. to 1.10.1.40.
>
>
>v2->v3: Split the param into two new params "enable_live_dev_reset" and

Vasundhara, I asked you multiple times for this to be "devlink dev reload"
attribute. I don't recall you telling any argument against it. I belive
that this should not be paramater. This is very tightly related to
reload, could you please have it as an attribute of reload, as I
suggested?

Thanks!


>"allow_live_dev_reset".
>- Expand the documentation of each param and update commit messages
> accordingly.
>- Separated the permanent configuration mode code to another patch and
>rename the callbacks of the "allow_live_dev_reset" parameter accordingly.
>
>v1->v2: Rename param to "allow_fw_live_reset" from "enable_hot_fw_reset".
>- Update documentation files and commit messages with more details of the
> feature.
>
>Vasundhara Volam (6):
>  devlink: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' generic parameter.
>  devlink: Add 'allow_live_dev_reset' generic parameter.
>  bnxt_en: Use 'enable_live_dev_reset' devlink parameter.
>  bnxt_en: Update firmware spec. to 1.10.1.40.
>  bnxt_en: Use 'allow_live_dev_reset' devlink parameter.
>  bnxt_en: Check if fw_live_reset is allowed before doing ETHTOOL_RESET
>
> Documentation/networking/devlink/bnxt.rst          |  4 ++
> .../networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst          | 28 ++++++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c          | 28 +++++++++-
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h          |  2 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c  | 49 +++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.h  |  1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c  | 17 +++---
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hsi.h      | 64 +++++++++++++---------
> include/net/devlink.h                              |  8 +++
> net/core/devlink.c                                 | 10 ++++
> 10 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
>-- 
>1.8.3.1
>