netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next 2/2] xen-netfront: split event channels feature support

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Message-ID: <519B78F5.5020301@citrix.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:01 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next 2/2] xen-netfront: split event channels
 feature support

On 21/05/13 00:02, Wei Liu wrote:
> This patch adds a new feature called feature-split-event-channels for
> netfront, enabling it to handle TX and RX events separately.
> 
> If netback does not support this feature, it falls back to use single event
> channel.
[...]
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> @@ -1503,12 +1528,90 @@ static int xen_net_read_mac(struct xenbus_device *dev, u8 mac[])
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static int setup_netfront_single(struct netfront_info *info)
> +{
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = xenbus_alloc_evtchn(info->xbdev, &info->tx_evtchn);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		goto fail;
> +
> +	err = bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler(info->tx_evtchn,
> +					xennet_interrupt,
> +					0, info->netdev->name, info);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		goto bind_fail;
> +	info->rx_evtchn = info->tx_evtchn;
> +	info->rx_irq = info->tx_irq = err;
> +	dev_info(&info->xbdev->dev,
> +		 "single event channel, evtchn = %d, irq = %d\n",
> +		 info->tx_evtchn, info->tx_irq);

This message is pointless chatter as the information is available
elsewhere.  Please remove.

> +	dev_info(&info->xbdev->dev,
> +		 "split event channels, tx_evtchn/irq = %d/%d, rx_evtchn/irq = %d/%d",
> +		 info->tx_evtchn, info->tx_irq,
> +		 info->rx_evtchn, info->rx_irq);

Similarly.

Otherwise,

Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

David
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