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[78.102.58.167]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d2sm19762862wrs.95.2020.06.01.02.52.17 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 01 Jun 2020 02:52:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 11:52:17 +0200 From: Jiri Pirko To: Vasundhara Volam Cc: David Miller , Netdev , Michael Chan Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/6] bnxt_en: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' and 'allow_live_dev_reset' generic devlink params. Message-ID: <20200601095217.GJ2282@nanopsycho> References: <1590908625-10952-1-git-send-email-vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com> <20200601061819.GA2282@nanopsycho> <20200601064323.GF2282@nanopsycho> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 10:58:09AM CEST, vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com wrote: >On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:13 PM Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >> Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 08:18:19AM CEST, jiri@resnulli.us wrote: >> >Sun, May 31, 2020 at 09:03:39AM CEST, vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.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? >> >> I just wrote the thread to the previous version. I understand now why >> you need param as you require reboot to activate the feature. > >Okay. >> >> However, I don't think it is correct to use enable_live_dev_reset to >> indicate the live-reset capability to the user. Params serve for >> configuration only. Could you please move the indication some place >> else? ("devlink dev info" seems fitting). > >Here we are not indicating the support. If the parameter is set to >true, we are enabling the feature in firmware and driver after reboot. >Users can disable the feature by setting the parameter to false and >reboot. This is the configuration which is enabling or disabling the >feature in the device. You are talking about cmode permanent here. I'm talking about cmode runtime. > >> >> I think that you can do the indication in a follow-up patchset. But >> please remove it from this one where you do it with params. > >Could you please see the complete patchset and use it bnxt_en driver >to get a clear picture? We are not indicating the support. > >Thanks. > >> >> >> > >> >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 >> >>