Merge tag 'for-linus-fwctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdma...

Merge tag 'for-linus-fwctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdma/rdma

Pull fwctl subsystem from Jason Gunthorpe:
 "fwctl is a new subsystem intended to bring some common rules and order
  to the growing pattern of exposing a secure FW interface directly to
  userspace.

  Unlike existing places like RDMA/DRM/VFIO/uacce that are exposing a
  device for datapath operations fwctl is focused on debugging,
  configuration and provisioning of the device. It will not have the
  necessary features like interrupt delivery to support a datapath.

  This concept is similar to the long standing practice in the "HW" RAID
  space of having a device specific misc device to manage the RAID
  controller FW. fwctl generalizes this notion of a companion debug and
  management interface that goes along with a dataplane implemented in
  an appropriate subsystem.

  There have been three LWN articles written discussing various aspects
  of this:

	https://lwn.net/Articles/955001/
	https://lwn.net/Articles/969383/
	https://lwn.net/Articles/990802/

  This includes three drivers to launch the subsystem:

   - CXL provides a vendor scheme for executing commands and a way to
     learn the 'command effects' (ie the security properties) of such
     commands. The fwctl driver allows access to these mechanism within
     the fwctl security model

   - mlx5 is family of networking products, the driver supports all
     current Mellanox HW still receiving FW feature updates. This
     includes RDMA multiprotocol NICs like ConnectX and the Bluefield
     family of Smart NICs.

   - AMD/Pensando Distributed Services card is a multi protocol Smart
     NIC with a multi PCI function design. fwctl works on the management
     PCI function following a 'command effects' model similar to CXL"

* tag 'for-linus-fwctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdma/rdma: (30 commits)
  pds_fwctl: add Documentation entries
  pds_fwctl: add rpc and query support
  pds_fwctl: initial driver framework
  pds_core: add new fwctl auxiliary_device
  pds_core: specify auxiliary_device to be created
  pds_core: make pdsc_auxbus_dev_del() void
  cxl: Fixup kdoc issues for include/cxl/features.h
  fwctl/cxl: Add documentation to FWCTL CXL
  cxl/test: Add Set Feature support to cxl_test
  cxl/test: Add Get Feature support to cxl_test
  cxl: Add support to handle user feature commands for set feature
  cxl: Add support to handle user feature commands for get feature
  cxl: Add support for fwctl RPC command to enable CXL feature commands
  cxl: Move cxl feature command structs to user header
  cxl: Add FWCTL support to CXL
  mlx5: Create an auxiliary device for fwctl_mlx5
  fwctl/mlx5: Support for communicating with mlx5 fw
  fwctl: Add documentation
  fwctl: FWCTL_RPC to execute a Remote Procedure Call to device firmware
  taint: Add TAINT_FWCTL
  ...