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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..505d22da0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============== +Devlink Reload +============== + +``devlink-reload`` provides mechanism to reinit driver entities, applying +``devlink-params`` and ``devlink-resources`` new values. It also provides +mechanism to activate firmware. + +Reload Actions +============== + +User may select a reload action. +By default ``driver_reinit`` action is selected. + +.. list-table:: Possible reload actions + :widths: 5 90 + + * - Name + - Description + * - ``driver-reinit`` + - Devlink driver entities re-initialization, including applying + new values to devlink entities which are used during driver + load such as ``devlink-params`` in configuration mode + ``driverinit`` or ``devlink-resources`` + * - ``fw_activate`` + - Firmware activate. Activates new firmware if such image is stored and + pending activation. If no limitation specified this action may involve + firmware reset. If no new image pending this action will reload current + firmware image. + +Note that even though user asks for a specific action, the driver +implementation might require to perform another action alongside with +it. For example, some driver do not support driver reinitialization +being performed without fw activation. Therefore, the devlink reload +command returns the list of actions which were actrually performed. + +Reload Limits +============= + +By default reload actions are not limited and driver implementation may +include reset or downtime as needed to perform the actions. + +However, some drivers support action limits, which limit the action +implementation to specific constraints. + +.. list-table:: Possible reload limits + :widths: 5 90 + + * - Name + - Description + * - ``no_reset`` + - No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no + configuration is lost. + +Change Namespace +================ + +The netns option allows user to be able to move devlink instances into +namespaces during devlink reload operation. +By default all devlink instances are created in init_net and stay there. + +example usage +------------- + +.. code:: shell + + $ devlink dev reload help + $ devlink dev reload DEV [ netns { PID | NAME | ID } ] [ action { driver_reinit | fw_activate } ] [ limit no_reset ] + + # Run reload command for devlink driver entities re-initialization: + $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action driver_reinit + reload_actions_performed: + driver_reinit + + # Run reload command to activate firmware: + # Note that mlx5 driver reloads the driver while activating firmware + $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action fw_activate + reload_actions_performed: + driver_reinit fw_activate |