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Date:   Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:17:26 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
To:     Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5e: Move mlx5e_priv_flags into en_ethtool.c

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:59 AM, Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 11:51:49AM -0700, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com> wrote:
>> > Move the definition of mlx5e_priv_flags into en_ethtool.c because it's
>> > only used there.
>> >
>> > Fixes: 4e59e2888139 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce net device priv flags infrastructure")
>> > Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@...il.com>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h         | 7 -------
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 7 +++++++
>> >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
>> > index eb9eb7aa953a..84e6a5b42286 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
>> > @@ -208,13 +208,6 @@ struct mlx5e_umr_wqe {
>> >
>> >  extern const char mlx5e_self_tests[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
>> >
>> > -static const char mlx5e_priv_flags[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
>> > -       "rx_cqe_moder",
>> > -       "tx_cqe_moder",
>> > -       "rx_cqe_compress",
>> > -       "rx_striding_rq",
>> > -};
>> > -
>>
>> Hi Kamal, on a second thought, i would like to drop this change and
>> keep mlx5e_priv_flags close/local to the below mlx5e_priv_flag.
>>
>> Please let me know.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Basically this change came to avoid the following warning when compiling
> the mlx5 driver with "W=1" flag and this error will appear for each
> file that include the "en.h".
>
> So, I suggest not drop this change.
>
> In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core//en_main.c:40:0:
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core//en.h:206:19: warning: ‘mlx5e_priv_flags’ defined but not used [-Wunused-const-variable=]
>  static const char mlx5e_priv_flags[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
>

Ok Kamal,
Patch applied to net-next-mlx5.

Thank you !