Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 07:15:22PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: >On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:34:13 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote: >> >>I have a strong suspicion that the user will want to access all >> >>resources of a device. `devlink resource show [$dev]` should dump >> >>all resources devlink knows about, including port ones. >> >> >> >>What's the reason for the new command? >> > >> >You are right, one cmd would do. Good thing someone forgot to implement >> >dump for it :) >> >> On a second thought, if we merge multiple objects into one dump, how >> does this extend? I mean, the userspace has to check there are no extra >> attributes, as they may be used as a handle to another new object >> introduced in the future... Idk, it's a bit odd. > >That's true, the user space must be able to interpret the object >identifier. So if we extend the command to add more identifiers >we will have to add the bitmask to the dump request, and have >the user space tell the kernel which objects it can recognize. >I was just saying that we don't have to add such attribute now, >maybe leave a comment in a strategic place for our future selves?
Or, alternatively, we can have per-object dumps as we have for all objects and command right now and leave things simple and straightforward? I mean, I don't really see a benefit of a single dump for more objects :/
