netdev - RE: [next-queue 4/7] ixgbe: enable relaxed ordering for SPARC

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:49:49 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Jeff Kirsher' <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
	"jogreene@...hat.com" <jogreene@...hat.com>,
	"kernel-team@...com" <kernel-team@...com>,
	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [next-queue 4/7] ixgbe: enable relaxed ordering for SPARC

From: Jeff Kirsher
> This patch makes sure that relaxed ordering is not disabled when
> on SPARC, where it helps with performance.
...
>  static s32 ixgbe_start_hw_82598(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
>  {
> +#ifndef CONFIG_SPARC
>  	u32 regval;
>  	u32 i;
> +#endif

You'd be better off putting:

#ifndef CONFIG_SPARC
#define IXGBE_DISABLE_RELAXED_ORDERING
#endif

much higher up.

Then replacing the #ifndef CONFIG_SPARC with #ifdef IXGBE_DISABLE_RELAXED_ORDERING
in the file itself.

Not that Dave M likes #if's in the body of functions.

	David

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