netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/16] devlink: Add devlink reload limit option

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Date:   Thu, 8 Oct 2020 09:39:05 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/16] devlink: Add devlink reload limit
 option

Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 08:00:44AM CEST, moshe@...lanox.com wrote:
>Add reload limit to demand restrictions on reload actions.
>Reload limits supported:
>no_reset: No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no
>          configuration is lost.
>
>By default reload limit is unspecified and so no constraints on reload
>actions are required.
>
>Some combinations of action and limit are invalid. For example, driver
>can not reinitialize its entities without any downtime.
>
>The no_reset reload limit will have usecase in this patchset to
>implement restricted fw_activate on mlx5.
>
>Have the uapi parameter of reload limit ready for future support of
>multiselection.
>
>Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>