netdev - RE: [net PATCH v2 1/7] bnx2x: Avoid sending multiple statistics queries

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:35:40 +0000
From:	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: RE: [net PATCH v2 1/7] bnx2x: Avoid sending multiple statistics
 queries

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:17 PM
> To: Yuval Mintz
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Dmitry Kravkov; Eilon Greenstein
> Subject: Re: [net PATCH v2 1/7] bnx2x: Avoid sending multiple statistics queries
> 
> From: "Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:34:08 +0300
> 
> > From: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> >
> > During traffic when DCB is enabled, it is possible for multiple instances
> > of statistics queries to be sent to the chip - this may cause the FW to assert.
> >
> > This patch prevents the sending of an additional instance of statistics query
> > while the previous query hasn't completed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
> 
> This change results in no change in behavior as far as I can tell.
> 
> > -	if (bnx2x_storm_stats_update(bp) && (bp->stats_pending++ == 3)) {
> > -		BNX2X_ERR("storm stats were not updated for 3 times\n");
> > -		bnx2x_panic();
> > +	if (bnx2x_storm_stats_update(bp)) {
> > +		if (bp->stats_pending++ == 3) {
> > +			BNX2X_ERR("storm stats were not updated for 3
> times\n");
> > +			bnx2x_panic();
> > +		}
> 
> There is no difference between:
> 
> 	if (A && B) {
> 		C;
> 	}
> 
> and:
> 
> 	if (A) {
> 		if (B) {
> 			C;
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> Yet that's exactly what is happening in this patch.
> 
> And such a do-nothing change is certainly not appropriate this late in
> the -rc series.
> 
> I'm tossing this entire series, please sort this out and submit
> the real actual critical bug fixes.
return statement is not seen in the patch:
Before the change we returned from the function if (A &&B)
Now we return even if (A)



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