Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v5 00/15] Add devlink reload action and limit level options

[Moshe Shemesh <moshe@nvidia.com>]

I see no more comments, we reached consensus on API.

I will finalize my work and re-send as a feature to net-next.


Thanks,

Moshe.

On 9/18/2020 7:06 PM, Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> Introduce new options on devlink reload API to enable the user to select
> the reload action required and contrains limits on these actions that he
> may want to ensure. Complete support for reload actions in mlx5.
> The following reload actions are supported:
>    driver_reinit: driver entities re-initialization, applying devlink-param
>                   and devlink-resource values.
>    fw_activate: firmware activate.
>
> The uAPI is backward compatible, if the reload action option is omitted
> from the reload command, the driver reinit action will be used.
> 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.
>
> By default reload actions are not limited and driver implementation may
> include reset or downtime as needed to perform the actions.
> However, if limit_level is selected, the driver should perform only if
> it can do it while keeping the limit level constrains.
> Reload action limit level added:
>    no_reset: No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no
>              configuration is lost.
>
> Each driver which supports devlink reload command should expose the
> reload actions and limit levels supported.
>
> Add reload action stats to hold the history per reload action per limit
> level. For example, the number of times fw_activate has been done on
> this device since the driver module was added or if the firmware
> activation was done with or without reset.
>
> Patch 1-2 add the new API reload action and reload action limit level
>            option to devlink reload.
> Patch 3 adds reload actions stats.
> Patch 4 exposes the reload actions stats on devlink dev get.
> Patches 5-10 add support on mlx5 for devlink reload action fw_activate
>              and handle the firmware reset events.
> Patches 11-12 add devlink enable remote dev reset parameter and use it
>               in mlx5.
> Patches 13-14 mlx5 add devlink reload action limit level no_reset
>                support for fw_activate reload action.
> Patch 15 adds documentation file devlink-reload.rst
>
>
> Moshe Shemesh (15):
>    devlink: Add reload action option to devlink reload command
>    devlink: Add reload action limit level
>    devlink: Add reload action stats
>    devlink: Add reload actions stats to dev get
>    net/mlx5: Add functions to set/query MFRL register
>    net/mlx5: Set cap for pci sync for fw update event
>    net/mlx5: Handle sync reset request event
>    net/mlx5: Handle sync reset now event
>    net/mlx5: Handle sync reset abort event
>    net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload action fw activate
>    devlink: Add enable_remote_dev_reset generic parameter
>    net/mlx5: Add devlink param enable_remote_dev_reset support
>    net/mlx5: Add support for fw live patch event
>    net/mlx5: Add support for devlink reload action limit level no reset
>    devlink: Add Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst
>
>   .../networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst     |   6 +
>   .../networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst     |  79 +++
>   Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst    |   1 +
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c     |  16 +-
>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile  |   2 +-
>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c | 122 ++++-
>   .../mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c       |  31 ++
>   .../mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.h       |   1 +
>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.c    | 454 ++++++++++++++++++
>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.h    |  19 +
>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c  |  35 +-
>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c    |  13 +
>   .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h   |   2 +
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c    |  27 +-
>   drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c                   |  17 +-
>   include/linux/mlx5/device.h                   |   1 +
>   include/linux/mlx5/driver.h                   |   4 +
>   include/net/devlink.h                         |  21 +-
>   include/uapi/linux/devlink.h                  |  41 ++
>   net/core/devlink.c                            | 339 ++++++++++++-
>   20 files changed, 1179 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst
>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw_reset.h
>