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| author | Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> | 2020-01-09 14:46:23 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2020-01-10 17:07:00 -0800 |
| commit | a1af8e9a8029969632ff9f6b5ddc326c59d8c06d (patch) | |
| tree | fcd7eb8ac1a7a9ed13aa6a42a8f0967c1340c344 /Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-resource.rst | |
| parent | 04e4272cb3ae2bbb7a5d672918092366f48c9f52 (diff) | |
devlink: add a devlink-resource.rst documentation file
Take the little bit of documentation for resources from various commit
messages and combine it into a new devlink-resource.rst file.
This could probably be expanded on even further by someone with more
knowledge of how the devlink resources work.
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-resource.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-resource.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..93e92d2f0752 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-resource.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +Devlink Resource +================ + +``devlink`` provides the ability for drivers to register resources, which +can allow administrators to see the device restrictions for a given +resource, as well as how much of the given resource is currently +in use. Additionally, these resources can optionally have configurable size. +This could enable the administrator to limit the number of resources that +are used. + +For example, the ``netdevsim`` driver enables ``/IPv4/fib`` and +``/IPv4/fib-rules`` as resources to limit the number of IPv4 FIB entries and +rules for a given device. + +Resource Ids +============ + +Each resource is represented by an id, and contains information about its +current size and related sub resources. To access a sub resource, you +specify the path of the resource. For example ``/IPv4/fib`` is the id for +the ``fib`` sub-resource under the ``IPv4`` resource. + +example usage +------------- + +The resources exposed by the driver can be observed, for example: + +.. code:: shell + + $devlink resource show pci/0000:03:00.0 + pci/0000:03:00.0: + name kvd size 245760 unit entry + resources: + name linear size 98304 occ 0 unit entry size_min 0 size_max 147456 size_gran 128 + name hash_double size 60416 unit entry size_min 32768 size_max 180224 size_gran 128 + name hash_single size 87040 unit entry size_min 65536 size_max 212992 size_gran 128 + +Some resource's size can be changed. Examples: + +.. code:: shell + + $devlink resource set pci/0000:03:00.0 path /kvd/hash_single size 73088 + $devlink resource set pci/0000:03:00.0 path /kvd/hash_double size 74368 + +The changes do not apply immediately, this can be validated by the 'size_new' +attribute, which represents the pending change in size. For example: + +.. code:: shell + + $devlink resource show pci/0000:03:00.0 + pci/0000:03:00.0: + name kvd size 245760 unit entry size_valid false + resources: + name linear size 98304 size_new 147456 occ 0 unit entry size_min 0 size_max 147456 size_gran 128 + name hash_double size 60416 unit entry size_min 32768 size_max 180224 size_gran 128 + name hash_single size 87040 unit entry size_min 65536 size_max 212992 size_gran 128 + +Note that changes in resource size may require a device reload to properly +take effect. |