netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net/mlx5e: Support DCBNL IEEE ETS

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Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:58:29 +0200
From:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
To:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
Cc:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
	Rana Shahout <ranas@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net/mlx5e: Support DCBNL IEEE ETS

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Saeed Mahameed
> <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il> wrote:
>>>>  struct mlx5e_priv {
>>>>         /* priv data path fields - start */
>>>> -       int                        default_vlan_prio;
>>>>         struct mlx5e_sq            **txq_to_sq_map;
>>>>         int channeltc_to_txq_map[MLX5E_MAX_NUM_CHANNELS][MLX5E_MAX_NUM_TC];
>>>>         /* priv data path fields - end */
>>>
>>>
>>> Didn't see a note on the removal of the default vlan prio in the
>>> change-log, could you elaborate what was the role of it before the
>>> patch and why we can just throw it?
>>>
>> it did nothing other than holding the number "0" which is always the
>> default prio for vlans
>> it was replaced with a the real 0 (the hardcoded "0") in the following lines:
>
> okay, I would spare a sentence on that removal in the change, just in
> case someone lands
> here in future bisections and wonders why we removed this.
will add to change log.