linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] net: ipa: fix two minor ipa

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:21:35 +0200
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
  kuba@...nel.org
Cc: mka@...omium.org, andersson@...nel.org, quic_cpratapa@...cinc.com, 
 quic_avuyyuru@...cinc.com, quic_jponduru@...cinc.com,
 quic_subashab@...cinc.com,  elder@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] net: ipa: fix two minor ipa_cmd problems

On Fri, 2024-04-19 at 10:17 -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> In "ipa_cmd.h", ipa_cmd_data_valid() is declared, but that function
> does not exist.  So delete that declaration.
> 
> Also, for some reason ipa_cmd_init() never gets called.  It isn't
> really critical--it just validates that some memory offsets and a
> size can be represented in some register fields, and they won't fail
> with current data.  Regardless, call the function in ipa_probe().

That name sounds confusing to me: I expect *init to allocate/set
something that will need some reverse operation at shutdown/removal.
What about a possible follow-up renaming the function to
ipa_cmd_validate() or the like?

Not blocking the series, I'm applying it.

Thanks,

Paolo