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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 |