On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:54:43 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote: > For the record, I'm still not convinced that introducing this kind of > shared inter-devlink lock is good idea. We spent quite a bit of painful > times getting rid of global devlink_mutex and making devlink locking > scheme nice and simple as it currently is. > > But at the same time I admit I can't think of any other nicer solution > to the problem this patchset is trying to solve. > > Jakub, any thoughts? The problem comes from having a devlink instance per function / port rather than for the ASIC. Spawn a single instance and the problem will go away 🤷️ I think we talked about this multiple times, I think at least once with Jake, too. Not that I remember all the details now.. -- pw-bot: cr
