[PATCH net-next v7] net/ncsi: Extend NC-SI Netlink interface to allow user space to send NC-SI command
Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
sam at mendozajonas.com
Fri Oct 12 13:39:15 AEDT 2018
On Thu, 2018-10-11 at 18:07 +0000, Justin.Lee1 at Dell.com wrote:
> The new command (NCSI_CMD_SEND_CMD) is added to allow user space application
> to send NC-SI command to the network card.
> Also, add a new attribute (NCSI_ATTR_DATA) for transferring request and response.
>
> The work flow is as below.
>
> Request:
> User space application
> -> Netlink interface (msg)
> -> new Netlink handler - ncsi_send_cmd_nl()
> -> ncsi_xmit_cmd()
>
> Response:
> Response received - ncsi_rcv_rsp()
> -> internal response handler - ncsi_rsp_handler_xxx()
> -> ncsi_rsp_handler_netlink()
> -> ncsi_send_netlink_rsp ()
> -> Netlink interface (msg)
> -> user space application
>
> Command timeout - ncsi_request_timeout()
> -> ncsi_send_netlink_timeout ()
> -> Netlink interface (msg with zero data length)
> -> user space application
>
> Error:
> Error detected
> -> ncsi_send_netlink_err ()
> -> Netlink interface (err msg)
> -> user space application
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Lee <justin.lee1 at dell.com>
>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com>
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