Re: [PATCH net-next v1] netdevsim: Forbid devlink reload when adding or deleting ports

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Thu Aug 05 2021 - 10:33:44 EST


On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:23:42AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 16:51:31 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > + nsim_bus_dev = nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev;
> > > > + if (!mutex_trylock(&nsim_bus_dev->nsim_bus_reload_lock))
> > > > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > >
> > > Why not -EBUSY?
> >
> > This is what devlink_reload_disable() returns, so I kept same error.
> > It is not important at all.
> >
> > What about the following change on top of this patch?
>
> LGTM, the only question is whether we should leave in_reload true
> if nsim_dev->fail_reload is set.

I don't think so, it will block add/delete ports.

>
> > @@ -889,17 +890,26 @@ static int nsim_dev_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_actio
> > struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> > {
> > struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
> > + struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + nsim_bus_dev = nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev;
> > + mutex_lock(&nsim_bus_dev->nsim_bus_reload_lock);
> > + nsim_bus_dev->in_reload = false;
> >
> > if (nsim_dev->fail_reload) {
> > /* For testing purposes, user set debugfs fail_reload
> > * value to true. Fail right away.
> > */
> > NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "User setup the reload to fail for testing purposes");
> > + mutex_unlock(&nsim_bus_dev->nsim_bus_reload_lock);
> > return -EINVAL;
> > }
> >
> > *actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
> > - return nsim_dev_reload_create(nsim_dev, extack);
> > + ret = nsim_dev_reload_create(nsim_dev, extack);
> > + mutex_unlock(&nsim_bus_dev->nsim_bus_reload_lock);
> > + return ret;
> > }
>
>