netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/4] net:ethernet:aquantia: Fix Tx queue hangups

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:31:47 +0300
From:   Igor Russkikh <igor.russkikh@...antia.com>
To:     Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Arcari <darcari@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Belous <Pavel.Belous@...antia.com>,
        Nadezhda Krupnina <Nadezhda.Krupnina@...antia.com>,
        Simon Edelhaus <simon.edelhaus@...antia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/4] net:ethernet:aquantia: Fix Tx queue hangups

Thanks for the comments, Yunsheng,

>>  
>> +static int aq_nic_update_link_status(struct aq_nic_s *self)
>> +{
>> +	int err = self->aq_hw_ops.hw_get_link_status(self->aq_hw);
>> +
>> +	if (err < 0)
>> +		return -1;
> why not just return err?

Agreed, that could be improved.

>> +	if (self->link_status.mbps != self->aq_hw->aq_link_status.mbps)
>> +		pr_info("%s: link change old %d new %d\n",
>> +			AQ_CFG_DRV_NAME, self->link_status.mbps,
>> +			self->aq_hw->aq_link_status.mbps);
> You has ndev in struct aq_nic_s *self, why not use netdev_*?

We are planning to introduce a generic rework commit separately and use netif_* set of macro's through all the driver's code.

-- 
BR, Igor