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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-06-13 09:58:45 -0700
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-06-15 15:42:53 -0700
commite504cf18ef4706b4794fb91a010d345e3d48c72d (patch)
tree183144e0dc1acaebd3c5155fa33d1c078f475806
parentc8ee634048ddab66580c168174c9d46ce1b0fc53 (diff)
docs: net: fix minor issues with devlink docs
Update devlink documentation to match current code: - describe health reporter defaults (it's currently under "callbacks"), best-effort auto-dump, and port-scoped reporters - fix generic parameter names and values - fix nested devlink setup wording and registration ordering Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260613165846.2913092-3-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst10
5 files changed, 23 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst
index 4d10536377ab..bedac58a2f36 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-health.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Device driver can provide specific callbacks for each "health reporter", e.g.:
* Recovery procedures
* Diagnostics procedures
* Object dump procedures
- * Out Of Box initial parameters
+
+Drivers also provide default values for generic reporter parameters when
+creating a health reporter.
Different parts of the driver can register different types of health reporters
with different handlers.
@@ -45,8 +47,9 @@ Once an error is reported, devlink health will perform the following actions:
* A log is being send to the kernel trace events buffer
* Health status and statistics are being updated for the reporter instance
- * Object dump is being taken and saved at the reporter instance (as long as
- auto-dump is set and there is no other dump which is already stored)
+ * Object dump is being taken and saved at the reporter instance. This is
+ best effort and skipped when recovery is aborted, auto-dump is disabled,
+ no dump callback is registered, or a dump is already stored.
* Auto recovery attempt is being done. Depends on:
- Auto-recovery configuration
@@ -75,7 +78,8 @@ User Interface
==============
User can access/change each reporter's parameters and driver specific callbacks
-via ``devlink``, e.g per error type (per health reporter):
+via ``devlink``, e.g. per error type (per health reporter). Reporters may be
+registered for the whole devlink instance or for a specific devlink port.
* Configure reporter's generic parameters (like: disable/enable auto recovery)
* Invoke recovery procedure
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
index ea17756dcda6..ca19ee3e63c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-params.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ own name.
* - ``enable_iwarp``
- Boolean
- Enable handling of iWARP traffic in the device.
- * - ``internal_err_reset``
+ * - ``internal_error_reset``
- Boolean
- When enabled, the device driver will reset the device on internal
errors.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
index 5e397798a402..9374ebe70f48 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Devlink port flavours are described below.
- This indicates an eswitch port representing a port of PCI
subfunction (SF).
* - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_VIRTUAL``
- - This indicates a virtual port for the PCI virtual function.
+ - Any virtual port facing the user.
Devlink port can have a different type based on the link layer described below.
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ Users may also set the IPsec crypto capability of the function using
Users may also set the IPsec packet capability of the function using
`devlink port function set ipsec_packet` command.
+The ``migratable`` attribute may be set only on ports with
+``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_VF``.
+
Users may also set the maximum IO event queues of the function
using `devlink port function set max_io_eqs` command.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst
index 5885e21e2212..ac5bf9337198 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst
@@ -516,9 +516,11 @@ Generic Packet Trap Groups
Generic packet trap groups are used to aggregate logically related packet
traps. These groups allow the user to batch operations such as setting the trap
-action of all member traps. In addition, ``devlink-trap`` can report aggregated
-per-group packets and bytes statistics, in case per-trap statistics are too
-narrow. The description of these groups must be added to the following table:
+action of all member drop traps whose action may legally change. Exception and
+control traps remain unchanged. In addition, ``devlink-trap`` can report
+aggregated per-group packets and bytes statistics, in case per-trap statistics
+are too narrow. The description of these groups must be added to the following
+table:
.. list-table:: List of Generic Packet Trap Groups
:widths: 10 90
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
index f7ba7dcf477d..32f70879ddd0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ new APIs prefixed by ``devl_*``. The older APIs handle all the locking
in devlink core, but don't allow registration of most sub-objects once
the main devlink object is itself registered. The newer ``devl_*`` APIs assume
the devlink instance lock is already held. Drivers can take the instance
-lock by calling ``devl_lock()``. It is also held all callbacks of devlink
-netlink commands.
+lock by calling ``devl_lock()``. It is also held across all callbacks of
+devlink netlink commands.
Drivers are encouraged to use the devlink instance lock for their own needs.
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ sure to respect following rules:
lock of both nested and parent instances at the same time, devlink
instance lock of the parent instance should be taken first, only then
instance lock of the nested instance could be taken.
- - Driver should use object-specific helpers to setup the
- nested relationship:
+ - Driver should use object-specific helpers to setup the nested relationship
+ before registering the nested devlink instance:
- ``devl_nested_devlink_set()`` - called to setup devlink -> nested
- devlink relationship (could be user for multiple nested instances.
+ devlink relationship (could be used for multiple nested instances).
- ``devl_port_fn_devlink_set()`` - called to setup port function ->
nested devlink relationship.
- ``devlink_linecard_nested_dl_set()`` - called to setup linecard ->