netdev - Re: [net-next v2 2/5] devlink: introduce flash update overwrite mask

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Date:   Mon, 3 Aug 2020 16:08:05 -0700
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 2/5] devlink: introduce flash update overwrite mask



On 8/3/2020 8:38 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 02:21:56AM CEST, jacob.e.keller@...el.com wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> +	nla_mask = info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK];
>> +	if (nla_mask) {
>> +		if (!(supported_params & DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK)) {
>> +			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(info->extack, nla_mask,
>> +					    "overwrite is not supported");
>> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +		}
>> +		params.overwrite_mask = nla_get_u32(nla_mask);
> 
> It's a bitfield, should be NL_ATTR_TYPE_BITFIELD32.
> 

v3 will use a bitfield, despite I don't believe it needs this. The
overwrite mask provided to the driver will be the bitwise AND of the
selector and the value (i.e. userspace will have to set the bit in both
the selector and value to get it enabled).

Thanks,
Jake