Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 00/12] mlxsw: Implement dev info and dev flash for line cards

From: Ido Schimmel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:30:39 +0300

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 08:48:35AM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <[email-masked]>
> 
> This patchset implements two features:
> 1) "devlink dev info" is exposed for line card (patches 5-9)
> 2) "devlink dev flash" is implemented for line card gearbox
>    flashing (patch 10)
> 
> For every line card, "a nested" auxiliary device is created which
> allows to bind the features mentioned above (patch 3).
> 
> The relationship between line card and its auxiliary dev devlink
> is carried over extra line card netlink attribute (patches 2 and 4).
> 
> The first patch removes devlink_mutex from devlink_register/unregister()
> which eliminates possible deadlock during devlink reload command.

Will review today/tomorrow. In the meantime I have applied it for
testing.