linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] ixgbe: define IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:58:37 +0800
From:	Ethan Zhao <ethan.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"Brown, Aaron F" <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Cc:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] ixgbe: define IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT macro and
 cleanup const 63

Aaron,

Is this your net-next repo ? if so, I rebuild the patch with this repo
right now .
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/net-next.git

Thanks,
Ethan

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Brown, Aaron F <aaron.f.brown@...el.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 09:27 +0800, Ethan Zhao wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Brown, Aaron F <aaron.f.brown@...el.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 22:12 +0800, Ethan Zhao wrote:
>> >> Because ixgbe driver limit the max number of VF functions could be enabled
>> >> to 63, so define one macro IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT and cleanup the const 63
>> >> in code.
>> >>
>> >> v2: fix a typo.
>> >> v3: fix a encoding issue.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <ethan.kernel@...il.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c  | 4 ++--
>> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 5 +++--
>> >>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h | 5 +++++
>> >>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
>> >> index 0ade0cd..47e9b44 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
>> >> @@ -4818,7 +4818,7 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
>> >>  #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
>> >>       /* assign number of SR-IOV VFs */
>> >>       if (hw->mac.type != ixgbe_mac_82598EB)
>> >> -             adapter->num_vfs = (max_vfs > 63) ? 0 : max_vfs;
>> >
>> >
>> > Unfortunately the if statement got changed considerably with a recent
>> > commit:
>> >
>> > commit 170e85430bcbe4d18e81b5a70bb163c741381092
>> > ixgbe: add warning when max_vfs is out of range.
>> >
>> > And the pattern no longer exists to make a match.  In other words, this
>> > patch no longer applies to net-next and I have to ask you for yet
>> > another spin if you still want to squash the magic number.
>>
>> It's not a good news. Our distro is waiting for this patch showing up in stable.
>> OK, info me if there is a windows for me to revise the patch.
>
> I don't think any particular window of time is better than another. I
> don't see this change as needing very thorough testing so if you send in
> (yet) another version I'll try to get it through our internal process as
> rapidly as I can.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ethan
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Aaron
>
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