netdev - Re: [EXT] [PATCH net-next 05/16] qlge: Remove rx_ring.sbq_buf

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 20:39:59 +0900
From:   Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
To:     Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>
Cc:     GR-Linux-NIC-Dev <GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXT] [PATCH net-next 05/16] qlge: Remove rx_ring.sbq_buf_size

On 2019/06/26 09:36, Manish Chopra wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 1:19 PM
> > To: Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>; GR-Linux-NIC-Dev <GR-Linux-
> > NIC-Dev@...vell.com>; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: [EXT] [PATCH net-next 05/16] qlge: Remove rx_ring.sbq_buf_size
> > 
> > External Email
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Tx rings have sbq_buf_size = 0 but there's no case where the code actually
> > tests on that value. We can remove sbq_buf_size and use a constant instead.
> > 
> 
> Seems relevant to RX ring, not the TX ring ?

qlge uses "struct rx_ring" for rx and for tx completion rings.

The driver's author is probably laughing now at the success of his plan
to confuse those who would follow in his footsteps.