return PTR_ERR(nsim_dev->ports_ddir);
        debugfs_create_bool("fw_update_status", 0600, nsim_dev->ddir,
                            &nsim_dev->fw_update_status);
+       debugfs_create_u32("fw_update_overwrite_mask", 0600, nsim_dev->ddir,
+                           &nsim_dev->fw_update_overwrite_mask);
        debugfs_create_u32("max_macs", 0600, nsim_dev->ddir,
                           &nsim_dev->max_macs);
        debugfs_create_bool("test1", 0600, nsim_dev->ddir,
        struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
        int i;
 
+       if ((params->overwrite_mask & ~nsim_dev->fw_update_overwrite_mask) != 0)
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
        if (nsim_dev->fw_update_status) {
                devlink_flash_update_begin_notify(devlink);
                devlink_flash_update_status_notify(devlink,
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops nsim_dev_devlink_ops = {
-       .supported_flash_update_params = DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_COMPONENT,
+       .supported_flash_update_params = DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_COMPONENT |
+                                        DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK,
        .reload_down = nsim_dev_reload_down,
        .reload_up = nsim_dev_reload_up,
        .info_get = nsim_dev_info_get,
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nsim_dev->port_list);
        mutex_init(&nsim_dev->port_list_lock);
        nsim_dev->fw_update_status = true;
+       nsim_dev->fw_update_overwrite_mask = 0;
 
        nsim_dev->fib_data = nsim_fib_create(devlink, extack);
        if (IS_ERR(nsim_dev->fib_data))
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nsim_dev->port_list);
        mutex_init(&nsim_dev->port_list_lock);
        nsim_dev->fw_update_status = true;
+       nsim_dev->fw_update_overwrite_mask = 0;
        nsim_dev->max_macs = NSIM_DEV_MAX_MACS_DEFAULT;
        nsim_dev->test1 = NSIM_DEV_TEST1_DEFAULT;
        spin_lock_init(&nsim_dev->fa_cookie_lock);
 
        devlink dev flash $DL_HANDLE file dummy component fw.mgmt
        check_err $? "Failed to flash with component attribute"
 
+       devlink dev flash $DL_HANDLE file dummy overwrite settings
+       check_fail $? "Flash with overwrite settings should be rejected"
+
+       echo "1"> $DEBUGFS_DIR/fw_update_overwrite_mask
+       check_err $? "Failed to change allowed overwrite mask"
+
+       devlink dev flash $DL_HANDLE file dummy overwrite settings
+       check_err $? "Failed to flash with settings overwrite enabled"
+
+       devlink dev flash $DL_HANDLE file dummy overwrite identifiers
+       check_fail $? "Flash with overwrite settings should be identifiers"
+
+       echo "3"> $DEBUGFS_DIR/fw_update_overwrite_mask
+       check_err $? "Failed to change allowed overwrite mask"
+
+       devlink dev flash $DL_HANDLE file dummy overwrite identifiers overwrite settings
+       check_err $? "Failed to flash with settings and identifiers overwrite enabled"
+
        echo "n"> $DEBUGFS_DIR/fw_update_status
        check_err $? "Failed to disable status updates"