Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v4 01/15] devlink: Add reload action option to devlink reload command

[Jiri Pirko]

Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 02:56:48PM CEST, moshe@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>On 9/15/2020 12:33 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:07:48 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
>> > @@ -3011,12 +3060,41 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_reload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>> >                        return PTR_ERR(dest_net);
>> >        }
>> > 
>> > -     err = devlink_reload(devlink, dest_net, info->extack);
>> > +     if (info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION])
>> > +             action = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION]);
>> > +     else
>> > +             action = DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT;
>> > +
>> > +     if (action == DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_UNSPEC || action > DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX) {
>> > +             NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "Invalid reload action");
>> > +             return -EINVAL;
>> > +     } else if (!devlink_reload_action_is_supported(devlink, action)) {
>> > +             NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "Requested reload action is not supported");
>> > +             return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> > +     }
>> > +
>> > +     err = devlink_reload(devlink, dest_net, action, info->extack, &actions_performed);
>> > 
>> >        if (dest_net)
>> >                put_net(dest_net);
>> > 
>> > -     return err;
>> > +     if (err)
>> > +             return err;
>> > +
>> > +     WARN_ON(!actions_performed);
>> > +     msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
>> > +     if (!msg)
>> > +             return -ENOMEM;
>> > +
>> > +     err = devlink_nl_reload_actions_performed_fill(msg, devlink, actions_performed,
>> > +                                                    DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD, info->snd_portid,
>> > +                                                    info->snd_seq, 0);
>> > +     if (err) {
>> > +             nlmsg_free(msg);
>> > +             return err;
>> > +     }
>> > +
>> > +     return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
>> I think generating the reply may break existing users. Only generate
>> the reply if request contained DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION (or any other
>> new attribute which existing users can't pass).
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>
>OK, I can do that. But I update stats and generate devlink notification
>anyway, that should fine, right ?

Yes.

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