linux/net
Jacob Keller 5d5b4128c4 devlink: introduce flash update overwrite mask
Sections of device flash may contain settings or device identifying
information. When performing a flash update, it is generally expected
that these settings and identifiers are not overwritten.

However, it may sometimes be useful to allow overwriting these fields
when performing a flash update. Some examples include, 1) customizing
the initial device config on first programming, such as overwriting
default device identifying information, or 2) reverting a device
configuration to known good state provided in the new firmware image, or
3) in case it is suspected that current firmware logic for managing the
preservation of fields during an update is broken.

Although some devices are able to completely separate these types of
settings and fields into separate components, this is not true for all
hardware.

To support controlling this behavior, a new
DEVLINK_ATTR_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK is defined. This is an
nla_bitfield32 which will define what subset of fields in a component
should be overwritten during an update.

If no bits are specified, or of the overwrite mask is not provided, then
an update should not overwrite anything, and should maintain the
settings and identifiers as they are in the previous image.

If the overwrite mask has the DEVLINK_FLASH_OVERWRITE_SETTINGS bit set,
then the device should be configured to overwrite any of the settings in
the requested component with settings found in the provided image.

Similarly, if the DEVLINK_FLASH_OVERWRITE_IDENTIFIERS bit is set, the
device should be configured to overwrite any device identifiers in the
requested component with the identifiers from the image.

Multiple overwrite modes may be combined to indicate that a combination
of the set of fields that should be overwritten.

Drivers which support the new overwrite mask must set the
DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK in the
supported_flash_update_params field of their devlink_ops.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2020-09-25 17:20:57 -07:00
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6lowpan
9p treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
802
8021q net: vlan: Avoid using BUG() in vlan_proto_idx() 2020-09-25 14:12:18 -07:00
appletalk appletalk: Fix atalk_proc_init() return path 2020-08-03 15:48:32 -07:00
atm net: atm: delete duplicated words 2020-09-18 14:12:43 -07:00
ax25 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-07-25 17:49:04 -07:00
batman-adv net: bridge: mcast: rename br_ip's u member to dst 2020-09-23 13:24:34 -07:00
bluetooth net: bluetooth: delete duplicated words 2020-09-18 14:12:43 -07:00
bpf treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
bpfilter bpf: Add kernel module with user mode driver that populates bpffs. 2020-08-20 16:02:36 +02:00
bridge net: bridge: mcast: remove only S,G port groups from sg_port hash 2020-09-25 16:50:19 -07:00
caif caif: Remove duplicate macro SRVL_CTRL_PKT_SIZE 2020-09-05 15:57:05 -07:00
can can: remove "WITH Linux-syscall-note" from SPDX tag of C files 2020-09-21 10:13:16 +02:00
ceph treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
core devlink: introduce flash update overwrite mask 2020-09-25 17:20:57 -07:00
dcb net: DCB: Validate DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER argument 2020-09-10 15:09:08 -07:00
dccp ip: pass tos into ip_build_and_send_pkt() 2020-09-10 13:15:40 -07:00
decnet treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: mscc: ocelot: always pass skb clone to ocelot_port_add_txtstamp_skb 2020-09-24 19:47:56 -07:00
ethernet
ethtool Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
hsr Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
ieee802154 treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
ife
ipv4 tcp: consolidate tcp_mark_skb_lost and tcp_skb_mark_lost 2020-09-25 17:17:14 -07:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
iucv treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
kcm net: pass a sockptr_t into ->setsockopt 2020-07-24 15:41:54 -07:00
key Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-08-02 01:02:12 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: fix up inconsistent rx/tx statistics 2020-09-18 14:36:54 -07:00
l3mdev net: Fix some comments 2020-08-27 07:55:59 -07:00
lapb
llc net: pass a sockptr_t into ->setsockopt 2020-07-24 15:41:54 -07:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
mac802154 Merge tag 'ieee802154-for-davem-2020-09-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sschmidt/wpan 2020-09-08 20:12:58 -07:00
mpls treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
mptcp net: tcp: drop unused function argument from mptcp_incoming_options 2020-09-24 20:17:01 -07:00
ncsi treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
netlabel netlabel: Fix some kernel-doc warnings 2020-09-08 20:04:27 -07:00
netlink netlink: add spaces around '&' in netlink_recv/sendmsg() 2020-09-17 16:53:47 -07:00
netrom treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
nfc NFC: digital: Remove two unused macroes 2020-09-05 16:01:52 -07:00
nsh
openvswitch net: openswitch: reuse the helper variable to improve the code readablity 2020-09-18 14:24:08 -07:00
packet net/packet: Fix a comment about network_header 2020-09-19 16:40:48 -07:00
phonet treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
psample
qrtr net: qrtr: check skb_put_padto() return value 2020-09-09 11:04:39 -07:00
rds RDS: drop double zeroing 2020-09-20 19:09:11 -07:00
rfkill
rose treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Fix an overget of the conn bundle when setting up a client conn 2020-09-14 16:18:59 +01:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
smc net/smc: fix double kfree in smc_listen_work() 2020-09-17 18:03:56 -07:00
strparser
sunrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
switchdev net: switchdev: kerneldoc fixes 2020-07-13 17:20:40 -07:00
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
tls net/tls: Implement getsockopt SOL_TLS TLS_RX 2020-09-01 11:47:12 -07:00
unix net: unix: remove redundant assignment to variable 'err' 2020-09-21 14:51:37 -07:00
vmw_vsock vsock: fix potential null pointer dereference in vsock_poll() 2020-08-12 12:56:06 -07:00
wimax
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-22 16:45:34 -07:00
x25 treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
xdp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2020-09-23 13:11:11 -07:00
xfrm treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
compat.c net/scm: Fix typo in SCM_RIGHTS compat refactoring 2020-08-07 12:43:25 -07:00
devres.c net: devres: rename the release callback of devm_register_netdev() 2020-06-30 15:57:34 -07:00
Kconfig net: ethtool: Remove PHYLIB direct dependency 2020-07-07 15:41:05 -07:00
Makefile
socket.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-09-04 21:28:59 -07:00
sysctl_net.c