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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:50:09 +0100
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Arun.Ramadoss@...rochip.com
Cc:     olteanv@...il.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        vivien.didelot@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 10/26] net: dsa: microchip: ksz8: refactor
 ksz8_fdb_dump()

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 08:29:47AM +0000, Arun.Ramadoss@...rochip.com wrote:
> Hi Oleksij,
> 
> On Mon, 2022-11-28 at 12:59 +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you
> > know the content is safe
> > 
> > After fixing different bugs we can refactor this function:
> > - be paranoid - read only max possibly amount of entries supported by
> >   the HW.
> > - pass error values returned by regmap
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795.c     | 41 ++++++++++++++---------
> > --
> >  drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795_reg.h |  1 +
> >  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795.c
> > b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795.c
> > index 736cf4e54333..308b46bb2ce5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz8795.c
> > @@ -949,26 +949,31 @@ void ksz8_flush_dyn_mac_table(struct ksz_device
> > *dev, int port)
> >  int ksz8_fdb_dump(struct ksz_device *dev, int port,
> >                   dsa_fdb_dump_cb_t *cb, void *data)
> >  {
> > -       int ret = 0;
> > -       u16 i = 0;
> > -       u16 entries = 0;
> > -       u8 src_port;
> > -       u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
> > +       u16 i, entries = 0;
> > +       int ret;
> > 
> > -       do {
> > -               ret = ksz8_r_dyn_mac_table(dev, i, mac, &src_port,
> > -                                          &entries);
> > -               if (!ret && port == src_port) {
> > -                       ret = cb(mac, 0, false, data);
> > -                       if (ret)
> > -                               break;
> > -               }
> > -               i++;
> > -       } while (i < entries);
> > -       if (i >= entries)
> > -               ret = 0;
> > +       for (i = 0; i < KSZ8_DYN_MAC_ENTRIES; i++) {
> > +               u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
> > +               u8 src_port;
> 
> Any specific reason for declaring variable within for loop instead of
> outside.

No. It is personal preference to declare variables within the scope where
variable is used.

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