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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst index 8b46e8591fe0..9d2d4c95a5c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ address regions that are otherwise inaccessible to the user. Regions may also be used to provide an additional way to debug complex error states, but see also :doc:`devlink-health` +Regions may optionally support capturing a snapshot on demand via the +``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW`` netlink message. A driver wishing to allow +requested snapshots must implement the ``.snapshot`` callback for the region +in its ``devlink_region_ops`` structure. + example usage ------------- @@ -40,6 +45,9 @@ example usage # Delete a snapshot using: $ devlink region del pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space snapshot 1 + # Request an immediate snapshot, if supported by the region + $ devlink region new pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space snapshot 5 + # Dump a snapshot: $ devlink region dump pci/0000:00:05.0/fw-health snapshot 1 0000000000000000 0014 95dc 0014 9514 0035 1670 0034 db30 |