RE: [PATCH net-next v5 0/4] net: devlink: return the driver name in devlink_nl_info_fill

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RE: [PATCH net-next v5 0/4] net: devlink: return the driver name in devlink_nl_info_fill
Posted by Keller, Jacob E 2 years, 9 months ago

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Mailhol <vincent.mailhol@gmail.com> On Behalf Of Vincent
> Mailhol
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> Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 0/4] net: devlink: return the driver name in
> devlink_nl_info_fill
> 
> The driver name is available in device_driver::name. Right now,
> drivers still have to report this piece of information themselves in
> their devlink_ops::info_get callback function.
> 
> The goal of this series is to have the devlink core to report this
> information instead of the drivers.
> 
> The first patch fulfills the actual goal of this series: modify
> devlink core to report the driver name and clean-up all drivers. Both
> have to be done in an atomic change to avoid attribute duplication.
> 
> The second patch removes the devlink_info_driver_name_put() function
> to prevent future drivers from reporting the driver name themselves.
> 
> The third patch allows the core to call devlink_nl_info_fill() even if
> the devlink_ops::info_get() callback is NULL. This leads to the fourth
> and final patch which cleans up the drivers which have an empty
> info_get().
> ---

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller  <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>

I'm fine with keeping it 4 patches as-is. Thanks!

> * Changelog *
> 
> v4 -> v5
> 
>   * [PATCH 1/4] add Tested-by: Ido Schimmel tag.
> 
>   * split patch 3/3 in two patches.
> 
> v3 -> v4
> 
>   * Ido pointed out that the mlxsw did not need to be fixed:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/Y4ONgD4dAj8yU2%2F+@shredder/
>     Remove the first two patches from the series.
> 
> v2 -> v3
> 
>   * [PATCH 3/5] remove the call to devlink_info_driver_name_put() in
>     mlxsw driver as well (this was missing in v2, making the build
>     fail... sorry for the noise).
> 
>   * add additional people in CC as pointed by netdev patchwork CI:
>     https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=699451
> 
>   * use the "Link:" prefix before URL to silence checkpatch's line
>     length warning.
> 
> 
> RFC v1 -> v2
> 
>   * drop the RFC tag
> 
>   * big rework following the discussion on RFC:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20221122154934.13937-1-
> mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr/
>     Went from one patch to a series of five patches:
> 
>   * drop the idea to report the USB serial number following Greg's
>     comment:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/Y3+VfNdt%2FK7UtRcw@kroah.com/
> 
> Vincent Mailhol (4):
>   net: devlink: let the core report the driver name instead of the
>     drivers
>   net: devlink: remove devlink_info_driver_name_put()
>   net: devlink: make the devlink_ops::info_get() callback optional
>   net: devlink: clean-up empty devlink_ops::info_get()
> 
>  .../marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cpt_devlink.c      |  4 ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/hirschmann/hellcreek.c        |  5 ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/devlink.c           |  5 ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_devlink.c     | 12 ++-----
>  .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c |  4 ---
>  .../freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-devlink.c       | 11 +-----
>  .../ethernet/fungible/funeth/funeth_devlink.c |  7 ----
>  .../hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_devlink.c     |  5 ---
>  .../hisilicon/hns3/hns3vf/hclgevf_devlink.c   |  5 ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c  |  6 ----
>  .../marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_devlink.c        |  7 ----
>  .../marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_devlink.c      | 15 --------
>  .../marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c       |  5 ---
>  .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c |  4 ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c    |  5 ---
>  .../net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_devlink.c  |  4 ---
>  .../ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_devlink.c   |  4 ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_devlink.c |  4 ---
>  drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c                   |  3 --
>  drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c                         |  4 ---
>  include/net/devlink.h                         |  2 --
>  net/core/devlink.c                            | 35 ++++++++++++-------
>  22 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)
> 
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