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devlink: Add support for resource abstraction
authorArkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@mellanox.com>
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 07:59:03 +0000 (08:59 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:15:34 +0000 (14:15 -0500)
commita17ea8acaaac5f762f7e6fb01bf0363e1613b3c4
tree19317a1912c2f5fc212dcbf2a5fbb3415bed1cbd
parenteb9d9a5bf917789dad2ff96a9228657867e7fe50
devlink: Add support for resource abstraction

Add support for hardware resource abstraction over devlink. Each resource
is identified via id, furthermore it contains information regarding its
size and its related sub resources. Each resource can also provide its
current occupancy.

In some cases the sizes of some resources can be changed, yet for those
changes to take place a hot driver reload may be needed. The reload
capability will be introduced in the next patch.

Signed-off-by: Arkadi Sharshevsky <arkadis@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/devlink.h
include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
net/core/devlink.c