netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/net: enic: Make ASIC information available to USNIC

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Message-ID: <20130809152135.11c19869@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Fri, 9 Aug 2013 15:21:35 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Neel Patel <neepatel@...co.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Nishank Trivedi <nistrive@...co.com>,
	Christian Benvenuti <benve@...co.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/net: enic: Make ASIC information available
 to USNIC

On Fri,  9 Aug 2013 11:12:20 -0700
Neel Patel <neepatel@...co.com> wrote:

> This patch provides asic information via ethtool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neel Patel <neepatel@...co.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nishank Trivedi <nistrive@...co.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Benvenuti <benve@...co.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/driver_utils.h | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_ethtool.c |  4 +++
>  2 files changed, 53 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/driver_utils.h
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/driver_utils.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/driver_utils.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e654b4d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/driver_utils.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +/**
> + * Copyright 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> + * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> + * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
> + * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
> + * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
> + * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
> + * SOFTWARE.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __DRIVER_UTILS_H__
> +#define __DRIVER_UTILS_H__
> +
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +
> +static inline int driver_encode_asic_info(char *str, int strlen, u16 asic_type,
> +				u16 asic_rev)
> +{
> +	if (strlen < sizeof(asic_type) + sizeof(asic_rev))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	memcpy(str, &asic_type, sizeof(asic_type));
> +	memcpy(str + sizeof(asic_type), &asic_rev, sizeof(asic_rev));
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int driver_decode_asic_info(char *str, int strlen, u16 *asic_type,
> +						u16 *asic_rev)
> +{
> +	if (strlen < sizeof(*asic_type) + sizeof(*asic_rev))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (asic_type)
> +		memcpy(asic_type, str, sizeof(*asic_type));
> +	if (asic_rev)
> +		memcpy(asic_rev, str + sizeof(*asic_type), sizeof(*asic_rev));
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +#endif /*!__DRIVER_UTILS_H__*/
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_ethtool.c
> index 47e3562..c5d938a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_ethtool.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>  #include <linux/netdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/ethtool.h>
>  
> +#include "driver_utils.h"
>  #include "enic_res.h"
>  #include "enic.h"
>  #include "enic_dev.h"
> @@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ static void enic_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
>  		sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version));
>  	strlcpy(drvinfo->bus_info, pci_name(enic->pdev),
>  		sizeof(drvinfo->bus_info));
> +	memset(drvinfo->reserved1, 0, sizeof(drvinfo->reserved1));
> +	driver_encode_asic_info(drvinfo->reserved1, sizeof(drvinfo->reserved1),
> +		fw_info->asic_type, fw_info->asic_rev);
>  }

If you want to use a reserved field, then make it a first class citizen.
Rename it to asic_info, make sure the result is okay for other drivers
and add send patch so Ben can make it part of normal ethtool support.

Otherwise, this code is likely to break when someone else actually unreserves
that field.


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