netdev - Re: [PATCH] sfc: mtd: Use MTD_FAIL_ADDR

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Date:	Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:15:39 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
CC:	<linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>,
	<linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sfc: mtd: Use MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN instead of
 0xffffffff

On Sun, 2012-02-12 at 11:13 +0200, Shmulik Ladkani wrote:
> From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
> 
> As of bb0eb217, MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN should be used to indicate mtd
> erase failure not specific to any particular block.
> 
> Use MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN instead of 0xffffffff when setting
> 'erase->fail_addr' in 'efx_mtd_erase()'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c
> index 6622eca..c44a03e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mtd.c
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int efx_mtd_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *erase)
>  		erase->state = MTD_ERASE_DONE;
>  	} else {
>  		erase->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED;
> -		erase->fail_addr = 0xffffffff;
> +		erase->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
>  	}
>  	mtd_erase_callback(erase);
>  	return rc;

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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