Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 09/13] devlink: Add enable_remote_dev_reset generic parameter

[Moshe Shemesh]

On 7/28/2020 3:59 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:02:29 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> > The enable_remote_dev_reset devlink param flags that the host admin
> > allows device resets that can be initiated by other hosts. This
> > parameter is useful for setups where a device is shared by different
> > hosts, such as multi-host setup. Once the user set this parameter to
> > false, the driver should NACK any attempt to reset the device while the
> > driver is loaded.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> There needs to be a devlink event generated when reset is triggered
> (remotely or not).
>
> You're also missing failure reasons. Users need to know if the reset
> request was clearly nacked by some host, not supported, etc. vs
> unexpected failure.


I will fix and send extack message to the user accordingly.