diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 70cf24ba71e4..aadf1676a0ed 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);
@@ -3962,8 +3963,8 @@ 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,
+				  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, unsigned long *actions_performed)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = devlink_priv(devlink);
 	struct mlx4_dev *dev = &priv->dev;
@@ -3971,15 +3972,20 @@ static int mlx4_devlink_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
 	int err;
 
 	err = mlx4_restart_one_up(persist->pdev, true, devlink);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		mlx4_err(persist->dev, "mlx4_restart_one_up failed, ret=%d\n",
 			 err);
+		return err;
+	}
+	if (actions_performed)
+		*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops mlx4_devlink_ops = {
 	.port_type_set	= mlx4_devlink_port_type_set,
+	.supported_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 c709e9a385f6..9cd6b6c884e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ 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);
@@ -97,12 +98,19 @@ 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,
+				  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, unsigned long *actions_performed)
 {
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
+	int err;
 
-	return mlx5_load_one(dev, false);
+	err = mlx5_load_one(dev, false);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	if (actions_performed)
+		*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops mlx5_devlink_ops = {
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@ static const struct devlink_ops mlx5_devlink_ops = {
 #endif
 	.flash_update = mlx5_devlink_flash_update,
 	.info_get = mlx5_devlink_info_get,
+	.supported_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 ec45a03140d7..c0a32f685b85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ 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);
@@ -1126,15 +1126,24 @@ 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,
+					struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
+					unsigned long *actions_performed)
 {
 	struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core = devlink_priv(devlink);
+	int err;
 
-	return mlxsw_core_bus_device_register(mlxsw_core->bus_info,
-					      mlxsw_core->bus,
-					      mlxsw_core->bus_priv, true,
-					      devlink, extack);
+	err = mlxsw_core_bus_device_register(mlxsw_core->bus_info,
+					     mlxsw_core->bus,
+					     mlxsw_core->bus_priv, true,
+					     devlink, extack);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	if (actions_performed)
+		*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT) |
+				     BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int mlxsw_devlink_flash_update(struct devlink *devlink,
@@ -1268,6 +1277,8 @@ mlxsw_devlink_trap_policer_counter_get(struct devlink *devlink,
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops mlxsw_devlink_ops = {
+	.supported_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 32f339fedb21..f0919fa0cd8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ 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);
 
@@ -713,10 +713,11 @@ 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,
+			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, unsigned long *actions_performed)
 {
 	struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
+	int err;
 
 	if (nsim_dev->fail_reload) {
 		/* For testing purposes, user set debugfs fail_reload
@@ -726,7 +727,13 @@ static int nsim_dev_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	return nsim_dev_reload_create(nsim_dev, extack);
+	err = nsim_dev_reload_create(nsim_dev, extack);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	if (actions_performed)
+		*actions_performed = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int nsim_dev_info_get(struct devlink *devlink,
@@ -875,6 +882,7 @@ nsim_dev_devlink_trap_policer_counter_get(struct devlink *devlink,
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops nsim_dev_devlink_ops = {
+	.supported_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 eaec0a8cc5ef..b09db891db04 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -1011,10 +1011,11 @@ enum devlink_trap_group_generic_id {
 	}
 
 struct devlink_ops {
+	unsigned long supported_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,
+			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, unsigned long *actions_performed);
 	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 40d35145c879..a6f64db0bdf3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -272,6 +272,21 @@ enum {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_METADATA_TYPE_FA_COOKIE,
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum devlink_reload_action - Reload action.
+ * @DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT: Driver entities re-instantiation.
+ * @DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE: FW activate.
+ */
+enum devlink_reload_action {
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_UNSPEC,
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT,
+	DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_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,
@@ -460,6 +475,10 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_EXTERNAL,		/* u8 */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_CONTROLLER_NUMBER,	/* u32 */
+
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION,		/* u8 */
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTIONS_PERFORMED,	/* nested */
+
 	/* 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 19037f114307..f4be1e1bf864 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -462,6 +462,12 @@ 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->supported_reload_actions);
+}
+
 static int devlink_nl_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 			   enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
 			   u32 seq, int flags)
@@ -2969,29 +2975,72 @@ 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,
-			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+			  enum devlink_reload_action action, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
+			  unsigned long *actions_performed)
 {
 	int err;
 
 	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, extack, actions_performed);
 	devlink_reload_failed_set(devlink, !!err);
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int
+devlink_nl_reload_actions_performed_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
+					 struct devlink *devlink,
+					 unsigned long actions_performed,
+					 enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
+					 u32 seq, int flags)
+{
+	struct nlattr *actions_performed_attr;
+	void *hdr;
+	int i;
+
+	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, portid, seq, &devlink_nl_family, flags, cmd);
+	if (!hdr)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	if (devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink))
+		goto genlmsg_cancel;
+
+	actions_performed_attr = nla_nest_start(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTIONS_PERFORMED);
+	if (!actions_performed_attr)
+		goto genlmsg_cancel;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX; i++) {
+		if (!test_bit(i, &actions_performed))
+			continue;
+		if (nla_put_u8(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_ACTION, i))
+			goto actions_performed_nest_cancel;
+	}
+	nla_nest_end(msg, actions_performed_attr);
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+	return 0;
+
+actions_performed_nest_cancel:
+	nla_nest_cancel(msg, actions_performed_attr);
+genlmsg_cancel:
+	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+	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;
+	unsigned long actions_performed;
 	struct net *dest_net = NULL;
+	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!devlink_reload_supported(devlink))
@@ -3011,12 +3060,41 @@ 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 (action == DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_UNSPEC || action > DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "Invalid reload action");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	} else if (!devlink_reload_action_is_supported(devlink, action)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "Requested reload action is not supported");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
+	err = devlink_reload(devlink, dest_net, action, info->extack, &actions_performed);
 
 	if (dest_net)
 		put_net(dest_net);
 
-	return err;
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	WARN_ON(!actions_performed);
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	err = devlink_nl_reload_actions_performed_fill(msg, devlink, actions_performed,
+						       DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD, info->snd_portid,
+						       info->snd_seq, 0);
+	if (err) {
+		nlmsg_free(msg);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
 }
 
 static int devlink_nl_flash_update_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
@@ -7047,6 +7125,7 @@ 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] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static const struct genl_ops devlink_nl_ops[] = {
@@ -7372,6 +7451,20 @@ static struct genl_family devlink_nl_family __ro_after_init = {
 	.n_mcgrps	= ARRAY_SIZE(devlink_nl_mcgrps),
 };
 
+static int devlink_reload_actions_verify(struct devlink *devlink)
+{
+	const struct devlink_ops *ops;
+
+	if (!devlink_reload_supported(devlink))
+		return 0;
+
+	ops = devlink->ops;
+	if (WARN_ON(ops->supported_reload_actions >= BIT(__DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_MAX) ||
+		    ops->supported_reload_actions <= BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_UNSPEC)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *	devlink_alloc - Allocate new devlink instance resources
  *
@@ -7392,6 +7485,11 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size)
 	if (!devlink)
 		return NULL;
 	devlink->ops = ops;
+	if (devlink_reload_actions_verify(devlink)) {
+		kfree(devlink);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	xa_init_flags(&devlink->snapshot_ids, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
 	__devlink_net_set(devlink, &init_net);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&devlink->port_list);
@@ -9657,7 +9755,8 @@ 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)))
 				continue;
-			err = devlink_reload(devlink, &init_net, NULL);
+			err = devlink_reload(devlink, &init_net,
+					     DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT, NULL, NULL);
 			if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				pr_warn("Failed to reload devlink instance into init_net\n");
 		}
