devlink: let kernel allocate region snapshot id

Currently users have to choose a free snapshot id before
calling DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW. This is potentially racy
and inconvenient.

Make the DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID optional and try
to allocate id automatically. Send a message back to the
caller with the snapshot info.

Example use:
$ devlink region new netdevsim/netdevsim1/dummy
netdevsim/netdevsim1/dummy: snapshot 1

$ id=$(devlink -j region new netdevsim/netdevsim1/dummy | \
       jq '.[][][][]')
$ devlink region dump netdevsim/netdevsim1/dummy snapshot $id
[...]
$ devlink region del netdevsim/netdevsim1/dummy snapshot $id

v4:
 - inline the notification code
v3:
 - send the notification only once snapshot creation completed.
v2:
 - don't wrap the line containing extack;
 - add a few sentences to the docs.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-01 09:40:41 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent dd86fec7e0
commit 043b3e2276
3 changed files with 62 additions and 15 deletions

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@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ states, but see also :doc:`devlink-health`
Regions may optionally support capturing a snapshot on demand via the
``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW`` netlink message. A driver wishing to allow
requested snapshots must implement the ``.snapshot`` callback for the region
in its ``devlink_region_ops`` structure.
in its ``devlink_region_ops`` structure. If snapshot id is not set in
the ``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW`` request kernel will allocate one and send
the snapshot information to user space.
example usage
-------------
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ example usage
$ devlink region del pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space snapshot 1
# Request an immediate snapshot, if supported by the region
$ devlink region new pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space snapshot 5
$ devlink region new pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space
pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space: snapshot 5
# Dump a snapshot:
$ devlink region dump pci/0000:00:05.0/fw-health snapshot 1