linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ipa: always report GSI state errors

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:09:12 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, evgreen@...omium.org, subashab@...eaurora.org,
        cpratapa@...eaurora.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ipa: always report GSI state errors

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:37:36 -0500 Alex Elder wrote:
> We check the state of an event ring or channel both before and after
> any GSI command issued that will change that state.  In most--but
> not all--cases, if the state is something different than expected we
> report an error message.
> 
> Add error messages where missing, so that all unexpected states
> provide information about what went wrong.  Drop the parentheses
> around the state value shown in all cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>

nit:

CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
#105: FILE: drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c:1673:
+		dev_warn(dev,
+			"limiting to %u channels; hardware supports %u\n",

CHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis
#120: FILE: drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c:1685:
+		dev_warn(dev,
+			"limiting to %u event rings; hardware supports %u\n",