Re: [PATCH net-next] devlink: Require devlink lock during device reload

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Nov 01 2021 - 19:11:53 EST


On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 22:52:19 +0200 Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > >Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Looks fine to me.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Traces from mlxsw / netdevsim below:

Thanks a lot for the testing Ido!

Would you mind giving my RFC a spin as well on your syzbot machinery?

Any input on the three discussion points there?

(1) should we have a "locked" and "unlocked" API or use lock nesting?

(2) should we expose devlink lock so that drivers can use devlink
as a framework for their locking needs?

(3) should we let drivers take refs on the devlink instance?