diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 70cf24ba71e4..649c5323cf9f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -3946,6 +3946,7 @@ static int mlx4_restart_one_up(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool reload,
 			       struct devlink *devlink);
 
 static int mlx4_devlink_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
+				    enum devlink_reload_action action,
 				    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = devlink_priv(devlink);
@@ -3962,14 +3963,15 @@ static int mlx4_devlink_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mlx4_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
-				  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int mlx4_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_action action,
+				  u32 *actions_performed, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = devlink_priv(devlink);
 	struct mlx4_dev *dev = &priv->dev;
 	struct mlx4_dev_persistent *persist = dev->persist;
 	int err;
 
+	*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
 	err = mlx4_restart_one_up(persist->pdev, true, devlink);
 	if (err)
 		mlx4_err(persist->dev, "mlx4_restart_one_up failed, ret=%d\n",
@@ -3980,6 +3982,7 @@ static int mlx4_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
 
 static const struct devlink_ops mlx4_devlink_ops = {
 	.port_type_set	= mlx4_devlink_port_type_set,
+	.reload_actions = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT),
 	.reload_down	= mlx4_devlink_reload_down,
 	.reload_up	= mlx4_devlink_reload_up,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index 9b14e3f805a2..1b248c01a209 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ mlx5_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink, struct devlink_info_req *req,
 }
 
 static int mlx5_devlink_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
+				    enum devlink_reload_action action,
 				    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
@@ -93,11 +94,12 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mlx5_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
-				  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int mlx5_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_action action,
+				  u32 *actions_performed, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
 
+	*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
 	return mlx5_load_one(dev, false);
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ static const struct devlink_ops mlx5_devlink_ops = {
 #endif
 	.flash_update = mlx5_devlink_flash_update,
 	.info_get = mlx5_devlink_info_get,
+	.reload_actions = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT),
 	.reload_down = mlx5_devlink_reload_down,
 	.reload_up = mlx5_devlink_reload_up,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
index a21afa56e3f7..cd9f56c73827 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ mlxsw_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink, struct devlink_info_req *req,
 
 static int
 mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink,
-					  bool netns_change,
+					  bool netns_change, enum devlink_reload_action action,
 					  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core = devlink_priv(devlink);
@@ -1427,11 +1427,13 @@ mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink,
 }
 
 static int
-mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
-					struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_action action,
+					u32 *actions_performed,	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core = devlink_priv(devlink);
 
+	*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT) |
+			     BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE);
 	return mlxsw_core_bus_device_register(mlxsw_core->bus_info,
 					      mlxsw_core->bus,
 					      mlxsw_core->bus_priv, true,
@@ -1564,6 +1566,8 @@ mlxsw_devlink_trap_policer_counter_get(struct devlink *devlink,
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops mlxsw_devlink_ops = {
+	.reload_actions		= BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT) |
+				  BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE),
 	.reload_down		= mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_down,
 	.reload_up		= mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_up,
 	.port_type_set			= mlxsw_devlink_port_type_set,
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index 56213ba151f6..b57e35c4ef6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static int nsim_dev_reload_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev,
 static void nsim_dev_reload_destroy(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev);
 
 static int nsim_dev_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
-				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+				enum devlink_reload_action action, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
 
@@ -717,8 +717,8 @@ static int nsim_dev_reload_down(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nsim_dev_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
-			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int nsim_dev_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_action action,
+			      u32 *actions_performed, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
 
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static int nsim_dev_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
 	return nsim_dev_reload_create(nsim_dev, extack);
 }
 
@@ -886,6 +887,7 @@ nsim_dev_devlink_trap_policer_counter_get(struct devlink *devlink,
 static const struct devlink_ops nsim_dev_devlink_ops = {
 	.supported_flash_update_params = DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_COMPONENT |
 					 DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK,
+	.reload_actions = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT),
 	.reload_down = nsim_dev_reload_down,
 	.reload_up = nsim_dev_reload_up,
 	.info_get = nsim_dev_info_get,
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 237ba5e29a3b..93c535ae5a4b 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -1150,10 +1150,11 @@ struct devlink_ops {
 	 * implemementation.
 	 */
 	u32 supported_flash_update_params;
+	unsigned long reload_actions;
 	int (*reload_down)(struct devlink *devlink, bool netns_change,
-			   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-	int (*reload_up)(struct devlink *devlink,
-			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+			   enum devlink_reload_action action, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+	int (*reload_up)(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_action action,
+			 u32 *actions_performed, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 	int (*port_type_set)(struct devlink_port *devlink_port,
 			     enum devlink_port_type port_type);
 	int (*port_split)(struct devlink *devlink, unsigned int port_index,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index 5f1d6c327670..74bdad252c36 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ enum {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_METADATA_TYPE_FA_COOKIE,
 };
 
+enum devlink_reload_action {
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_UNSPEC,
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT,	/* Driver entities re-instantiation */
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE,	/* FW activate */
+
+	/* Add new reload actions above */
+	__DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX,
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX = __DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX - 1
+};
+
 enum devlink_attr {
 	/* don't change the order or add anything between, this is ABI! */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_UNSPEC,
@@ -493,6 +503,9 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_FLASH_UPDATE_STATUS_TIMEOUT,	/* u64 */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK,	/* bitfield32 */
 
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION,		/* u8 */
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTIONS_PERFORMED,	/* bitfield32 */
+
 	/* add new attributes above here, update the policy in devlink.c */
 
 	__DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX,
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 5c45b3964ec3..c026ed3519c9 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -479,6 +479,12 @@ static int devlink_nl_put_handle(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool
+devlink_reload_action_is_supported(struct devlink *devlink, enum devlink_reload_action action)
+{
+	return test_bit(action, &devlink->ops->reload_actions);
+}
+
 static int devlink_nl_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 			   enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
 			   u32 seq, int flags)
@@ -2984,6 +2990,7 @@ bool devlink_is_reload_failed(const struct devlink *devlink)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_is_reload_failed);
 
 static int devlink_reload(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *dest_net,
+			  enum devlink_reload_action action, u32 *actions_performed,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -2991,22 +2998,60 @@ static int devlink_reload(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *dest_net,
 	if (!devlink->reload_enabled)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	err = devlink->ops->reload_down(devlink, !!dest_net, extack);
+	err = devlink->ops->reload_down(devlink, !!dest_net, action, extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
 	if (dest_net && !net_eq(dest_net, devlink_net(devlink)))
 		devlink_reload_netns_change(devlink, dest_net);
 
-	err = devlink->ops->reload_up(devlink, extack);
+	err = devlink->ops->reload_up(devlink, action, actions_performed, extack);
 	devlink_reload_failed_set(devlink, !!err);
-	return err;
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	WARN_ON(!(*actions_performed & BIT(action)));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+devlink_nl_reload_actions_performed_snd(struct devlink *devlink, u32 actions_performed,
+					enum devlink_command cmd, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *msg;
+	void *hdr;
+
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, &devlink_nl_family, 0, cmd);
+	if (!hdr)
+		goto free_msg;
+
+	if (devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+
+	if (nla_put_bitfield32(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTIONS_PERFORMED, actions_performed,
+			       actions_performed))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
+
+nla_put_failure:
+	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+free_msg:
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 static int devlink_nl_cmd_reload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
+	enum devlink_reload_action action;
 	struct net *dest_net = NULL;
+	u32 actions_performed;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!devlink_reload_supported(devlink->ops))
@@ -3026,12 +3071,30 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_reload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			return PTR_ERR(dest_net);
 	}
 
-	err = devlink_reload(devlink, dest_net, info->extack);
+	if (info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION])
+		action = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION]);
+	else
+		action = DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT;
+
+	if (!devlink_reload_action_is_supported(devlink, action)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack,
+				   "Requested reload action is not supported by the driver");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
+	err = devlink_reload(devlink, dest_net, action, &actions_performed, info->extack);
 
 	if (dest_net)
 		put_net(dest_net);
 
-	return err;
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	/* For backward compatibility generate reply only if attributes used by user */
+	if (!info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION])
+		return 0;
+
+	return devlink_nl_reload_actions_performed_snd(devlink, actions_performed,
+						       DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD, info);
 }
 
 static int devlink_nl_flash_update_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
@@ -7282,6 +7345,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy devlink_nl_policy[DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_POLICER_RATE] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_POLICER_BURST] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_FUNCTION] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+	[DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION] = NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U8, DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT,
+							DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX),
 };
 
 static const struct genl_small_ops devlink_nl_ops[] = {
@@ -7615,6 +7680,21 @@ static struct genl_family devlink_nl_family __ro_after_init = {
 	.n_mcgrps	= ARRAY_SIZE(devlink_nl_mcgrps),
 };
 
+static bool devlink_reload_actions_valid(const struct devlink_ops *ops)
+{
+	if (!devlink_reload_supported(ops)) {
+		if (WARN_ON(ops->reload_actions))
+			return false;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if (WARN_ON(!ops->reload_actions ||
+		    ops->reload_actions & BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_UNSPEC) ||
+		    ops->reload_actions >= BIT(__DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX)))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  *	devlink_alloc - Allocate new devlink instance resources
  *
@@ -7631,6 +7711,9 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size)
 	if (WARN_ON(!ops))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (!devlink_reload_actions_valid(ops))
+		return NULL;
+
 	devlink = kzalloc(sizeof(*devlink) + priv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devlink)
 		return NULL;
@@ -9960,6 +10043,7 @@ int devlink_compat_switch_id_get(struct net_device *dev,
 static void __net_exit devlink_pernet_pre_exit(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink;
+	u32 actions_performed;
 	int err;
 
 	/* In case network namespace is getting destroyed, reload
@@ -9970,7 +10054,9 @@ static void __net_exit devlink_pernet_pre_exit(struct net *net)
 		if (net_eq(devlink_net(devlink), net)) {
 			if (WARN_ON(!devlink_reload_supported(devlink->ops)))
 				continue;
-			err = devlink_reload(devlink, &init_net, NULL);
+			err = devlink_reload(devlink, &init_net,
+					     DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT,
+					     &actions_performed, NULL);
 			if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				pr_warn("Failed to reload devlink instance into init_net\n");
 		}