qed*: Conditions for changing link

There's some inconsistency in current logic determining whether the
link settings of a given interface can be changed; I.e., in all modes
other than the so-called `deault' mode the interfaces are forbidden from
changing the configuration - but even this rule is not applied to all
user APIs that may change the configuration.

Instead, let the core-module [qed] decide whether an interface can change
the configuration by supporting a new API function. We also revise the
current rule, allowing all interfaces to change their configurations while
laying the infrastructure for future modes where an interface would be
blocked from making such a configuration.

Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h b/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
index 82a7fe011068..e5de42b62976 100644
--- a/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
+++ b/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@ struct qed_common_ops {
 
 	void		(*simd_handler_clean)(struct qed_dev *cdev,
 					      int index);
+
+/**
+ * @brief can_link_change - can the instance change the link or not
+ *
+ * @param cdev
+ *
+ * @return true if link-change is allowed, false otherwise.
+ */
+	bool (*can_link_change)(struct qed_dev *cdev);
+
 /**
  * @brief set_link - set links according to params
  *