Merge branch 'devlink-warn-about-existing-entities-during-reload-reinit'
authorPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:31:39 +0000 (12:31 +0100)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:31:39 +0000 (12:31 +0100)
commit04447185dadbb2dfab2b5a3c73c76cbaccd8fbe1
treec12287a41f4bb5a0c3f4e6f1504fc53ce4ad8d07
parente35174263f2c671603e8ccc997a16334087b782c
parent9b2348e2d6c94146f50b68d7d2067146e7339ac5
Merge branch 'devlink-warn-about-existing-entities-during-reload-reinit'

Jiri Pirko says:

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devlink: warn about existing entities during reload-reinit

Recently there has been a couple of attempts from drivers to block
devlink reload in certain situations. Turned out, the drivers do not
properly tear down ports and related netdevs during reload.

To address this, add couple of checks to be done during devlink reload
reinit action. Also, extend documentation to be more explicit.
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231128115255.773377-1-jiri@resnulli.us
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>