Re: [PATCH net-next 02/16] devlink: Add reload action option to devlink reload command

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Oct 01 2020 - 16:59:55 EST


On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 16:59:05 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> Add devlink reload action to allow the user to request a specific reload
> action. The action parameter is optional, if not specified then devlink
> driver re-init action is used (backward compatible).
> Note that when required to do firmware activation some drivers may need
> to reload the driver. On the other hand some drivers may need to reset
> the firmware to reinitialize the driver entities. Therefore, the devlink
> reload command returns the actions which were actually performed.
> Reload actions supported are:
> driver_reinit: driver entities re-initialization, applying devlink-param
> and devlink-resource values.
> fw_activate: firmware activate.
>
> command examples:
> $devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action driver_reinit
> reload_actions_performed:
> driver_reinit
>
> $devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action fw_activate
> reload_actions_performed:
> driver_reinit fw_activate
>
> Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>