netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] i40e: Add helper for VF inited state check with timeout

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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:37:31 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
 pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ivan Vecera
 <ivecera@...hat.com>, Ma Yuying <yuma@...hat.com>, Simon Horman
 <simon.horman@...igine.com>, Rafal Romanowski <rafal.romanowski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] i40e: Add helper for VF inited state check
 with timeout

On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:09:04 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > +	for (i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
> > +		if (test_bit(I40E_VF_STATE_INIT, &vf->vf_states))
> > +			return true;
> > +
> > +		msleep(20);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	dev_err(&vf->pf->pdev->dev, "VF %d still in reset. Try again.\n",
> > +		vf->vf_id);  
> 
> This error is not accurate in the edge case, when VF state changed to
> be INIT during msleep() while i was 14.

Right, it's a change in behavior from existing code,
old code re-checked if INIT is set after the last sleep.
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