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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@mellanox.com>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>,
	Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 01/13] devlink: Add reload level option to devlink reload command
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:46:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200811054626.GA24082@nanopsycho.orion> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200810095305.0b9661ec@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>

Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 06:53:05PM CEST, kuba@kernel.org wrote:
>On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 16:21:29 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
>> Okay, so devlink reload default for mlx5 will include also fw-activate 
>> to align with mlxsw default.
>> 
>> Meaning drivers that supports fw-activate will add it to the default.
>
>No per-driver default.
>
>Maybe the difference between mlxsw and mlx5 can be simply explained by
>the fact that mlxsw loads firmware from /lib/firmware on every probe
>(more or less).
>
>It's only natural for a driver which loads FW from disk to load it on
>driver reload.

We don't load it on reaload... We just do reset witn activation.

>
>> The flow of devlink reload default on mlx5 will be:
>> 
>> If there is FW image pending and live patch is suitable to apply, do 
>> live patch and driver re-initialization.
>> 
>> If there is FW image pending but live patch doesn't fit do fw-reset and 
>> driver-initialization.
>> 
>> If no FW image pending just do driver-initialization.
>
>This sounds too complicated. Don't try to guess what the user wants.
>
>> I still think I should on top of that add the level option to be 
>> selected by the user if he prefers a specific action, so the uAPI would be:
>> 
>> devlink dev reload [ netns { PID | NAME | ID } ] [ level { fw-live-patch 
>> | driver-reinit |fw-activate } ]
>
>I'm all for the level/action.
>
>> But I am still missing something: fw-activate implies that it will 
>> activate a new FW image stored on flash, pending activation. What if the 
>> user wants to reset and reload the FW if no new FW pending ? Should we 
>> add --force option to fw-activate level ?
>
>Since reload does not check today if anything changed - i.e. if reload
>is actually needed, neither should fw-activate, IMO. I'd expect the
>"--force behavior" to be the default.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-08-11  5:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-27 11:02 [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 01/13] devlink: Add reload level option to devlink reload command Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28  0:58   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-28 13:58     ` Jiri Pirko
2020-07-28 16:47       ` Jacob Keller
2020-07-28 18:44         ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-28 19:18           ` Jacob Keller
2020-07-28 20:06             ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-29 14:54               ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-29 21:07                 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-30 12:30                   ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-30 23:11                     ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-01 21:32                       ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-03 14:14                         ` Jiri Pirko
2020-08-03 20:57                           ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-04 10:04                             ` Jiri Pirko
2020-08-04 20:39                               ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-05 11:02                                 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-08-06 18:25                                   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-06 22:56                                     ` Jacob Keller
2020-08-09 13:21                                     ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-10 16:53                                       ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-10 17:09                                         ` Jacob Keller
2020-08-10 18:17                                           ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-11  5:46                                         ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 02/13] devlink: Add reload levels data to dev get Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28  0:58   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-29 14:37     ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-29 21:11       ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-30 12:05         ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 03/13] net/mlx5: Add functions to set/query MFRL register Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 04/13] net/mlx5: Set cap for pci sync for fw update event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 05/13] net/mlx5: Handle sync reset request event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 06/13] net/mlx5: Handle sync reset now event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 07/13] net/mlx5: Handle sync reset abort event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 08/13] net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload level fw reset Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 09/13] devlink: Add enable_remote_dev_reset generic parameter Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28  0:59   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-29 14:42     ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-29 20:57       ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-30 12:08         ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 10/13] net/mlx5: Add devlink param enable_remote_dev_reset support Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28  0:59   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 11/13] net/mlx5: Add support for fw live patch event Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 12/13] net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload level live patch Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-27 11:02 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 13/13] devlink: Add Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst Moshe Shemesh
2020-07-28  5:25 ` [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option Vasundhara Volam
2020-07-28 16:43   ` Jacob Keller
2020-08-03 10:24     ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-03 12:17       ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-03 12:47         ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-03 13:52           ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-04 10:13             ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-05  6:32               ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-05  6:55                 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-08-05  8:20                   ` Moshe Shemesh
2020-08-12  9:34                     ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-07-28 16:37 ` Jacob Keller

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