netdev - Re: [v2 PATCH 1/1] tg3: fix meaningless hw_stats reading after tg3_halt memset 0 hw

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Date:   Wed, 2 May 2018 18:27:54 +0800
From:   Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@...il.com>
To:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Siva Reddy Kallam <siva.kallam@...adcom.com>,
        "prashant.sreedharan@...adcom.com" <prashant@...adcom.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [v2 PATCH 1/1] tg3: fix meaningless hw_stats reading after
 tg3_halt memset 0 hw_stats

On 2018年05月02日 13:12, Michael Chan wrote:
> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 5:42 PM, Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
>> index 3b5e98e..c61d83c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.h
>> @@ -3102,6 +3102,7 @@ enum TG3_FLAGS {
>>          TG3_FLAG_ROBOSWITCH,
>>          TG3_FLAG_ONE_DMA_AT_ONCE,
>>          TG3_FLAG_RGMII_MODE,
>> +       TG3_FLAG_HALT,
> I think you should be able to use the existing INIT_COMPLETE flag

No,  it will bring the uncertain factors into the existed complicate 
logic of INIT_COMPLETE.
And I think it's very simple logic here to fix the meaningless hw_stats 
reading and the problem
of commit f5992b72. I even suspect if you have read INIT_COMPLETE 
related codes carefully.

Cheers,
Zumeng
> and
> not have to add a new flag.
>
>>          /* Add new flags before this comment and TG3_FLAG_NUMBER_OF_FLAGS */
>>          TG3_FLAG_NUMBER_OF_FLAGS,       /* Last entry in enum TG3_FLAGS */
>> --
>> 2.9.3
>>