netdev - Re: [PATCH for-next 0/8] Add Mellanox mlx5 driver for Connect-IB devices

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jul 2013 10:49:47 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>
To:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
Cc:	Eli Cohen <eli@....mellanox.co.il>,
	"linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 0/8] Add Mellanox mlx5 driver for Connect-IB devices

So I'm inclined to apply the mlx5 driver for 3.11, since it's a
completely new driver.  However, reading through it so far I had the
following comments, and I'd like these cleanups addressed along with
Dave Miller's:

- The debug mask complexity seems unnecessary now that pr_debug() is
controllable at runtime with the DYNAMIC_DEBUG stuff.  We should get
rid of the extra level of indirection.

- I think the active flag for the health check timer is unnecessary.
It can just be stopped with del_timer_sync().

- Many places use "foo_spl" as a name, and in the Linux kernel
"foo_lock" would be much more idiomatic and easier to read.

- In:

+struct mlx5_cmd {
...
+    struct mlx5_cmd_stats    stats[0x80a];

the 0x80a magic number really needs to have a name.

 - R.
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