linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: simplfy error handler in mlx5_vdpa_dev

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Message-ID: <20220109141207.GC70879@mtl-vdi-166.wap.labs.mlnx>
Date:   Sun, 9 Jan 2022 16:12:07 +0200
From:   Eli Cohen <elic@...dia.com>
To:     <trix@...hat.com>
CC:     <mst@...hat.com>, <jasowang@...hat.com>, <parav@...dia.com>,
        <si-wei.liu@...cle.com>, <xieyongji@...edance.com>,
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: simplfy error handler in mlx5_vdpa_dev_add()

On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 05:24:22AM -0800, trix@...hat.com wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> 
> The use of pfmdev is protected by two calls to is_zero_ether_add().
> The second call in the error handler can be replaced by
> checking if pfmdev was set as part of the earlier call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> ---

It's not fixing anything, right? Maybe add justification for this change
by e.g. showing the code size had decreased or so?

>  drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> index 37220f6db7ad7..2d38b8fe9305e 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> @@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *v_mdev, const char *name,
>  {
>  	struct mlx5_vdpa_mgmtdev *mgtdev = container_of(v_mdev, struct mlx5_vdpa_mgmtdev, mgtdev);
>  	struct virtio_net_config *config;
> -	struct mlx5_core_dev *pfmdev;
> +	struct mlx5_core_dev *pfmdev = NULL;
>  	struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev;
>  	struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev;
>  	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev;
> @@ -2654,7 +2654,7 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_dev_add(struct vdpa_mgmt_dev *v_mdev, const char *name,
>  err_res:
>  	mlx5_vdpa_free_resources(&ndev->mvdev);
>  err_mpfs:
> -	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(config->mac))
> +	if (pfmdev)
>  		mlx5_mpfs_del_mac(pfmdev, config->mac);
>  err_mtu:
>  	mutex_destroy(&ndev->reslock);
> -- 
> 2.26.3
>