linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] net: mscc: ocelot: issue a warning if stats are incorrectly ordered

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Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:51:44 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/3] net: mscc: ocelot: issue a warning if
 stats are incorrectly ordered

On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 03:14:06PM -0800, Colin Foster wrote:
> Ocelot uses regmap_bulk_read() operations to efficiently read stats
> registers. Currently the implementation relies on the stats layout to be
> ordered to be most efficient.
> 
> Issue a warning if any future implementations happen to break this pattern.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
> Co-developed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Assertion holds even with my MAC Merge patch set that's in preparation,
so things are good.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>