Subject: Re: [iwl-next v3 3/7] ice: add basic devlink subfunctions support

From: Jiri Pirko <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:10:50 +0200

Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 10:39:39AM CEST, [email-masked] wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:12:18AM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 08:30:49AM CEST, [email-masked] wrote:
>> >From: Piotr Raczynski <[email-masked]>

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>> >+static int
>> >+ice_devlink_port_fn_state_get(struct devlink_port *port,
>> >+			      enum devlink_port_fn_state *state,
>> >+			      enum devlink_port_fn_opstate *opstate,
>> >+			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>> >+{
>> >+	struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port;
>> >+
>> >+	dyn_port = ice_devlink_port_to_dyn(port);
>> >+
>> >+	if (dyn_port->active) {
>> >+		*state = DEVLINK_PORT_FN_STATE_ACTIVE;
>> >+		*opstate = DEVLINK_PORT_FN_OPSTATE_ATTACHED;
>> 
>> Interesting. This means that you don't distinguish between admin state
>> and operational state. Meaning, when user does activate, you atomically
>> achive the hw attachment and it is ready to go before activation cmd
>> returns, correct? I'm just making sure I understand the code.
>> 
>
>I am setting the dyn_port->active after the activation heppens, so it is
>true, when active is set it is ready to go.
>
>Do you mean that dyn_port->active should be set even before the activation is
>finished? I mean when user only call devlink to active the port?

The devlink instance lock is taken the whole time, isn't it?

>
>> 
>> >+	} else {
>> >+		*state = DEVLINK_PORT_FN_STATE_INACTIVE;
>> >+		*opstate = DEVLINK_PORT_FN_OPSTATE_DETACHED;
>> >+	}
>> >+
>> >+	return 0;
>> >+}
>> >+

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