netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] devlink: Add support to set port function as trusted

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Date:   Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:12:35 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Sunil Sudhakar Rani <sunrani@...dia.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Bodong Wang <bodong@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] devlink: Add support to set port function
 as trusted

On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:17:29 +0000 Sunil Sudhakar Rani wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:43:06 +0200 Sunil Rani wrote:  
> > > The device/firmware decides how to define privileges and access to resources.
> > 
> > Great API definition. Nack  
>
> Sorry for the late response. We agree that the current definition is vague.
> 
> What we meant is that the enforcement is done by device/FW.
> We simply want to allow VF/SF to access privileged or restricted resource such as physical port counters.
> So how about defining the api such that:
> This knob allows the VF/SF to access restricted resource such as physical port counters.

You need to say more about the use case, I don't understand 
what you're doing.