netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 net-next] cxgb4: Enhance driver to update FW, when FW is too old

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Date:	Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:01:54 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	hariprasad@...lsio.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, leedom@...lsio.com,
	nirranjan@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 net-next] cxgb4: Enhance driver to update FW, when FW
 is too old


> 	ret = t4_get_fw_version(adap, &adap->params.fw_vers);
>+	/* Try multiple times before returning error */
>+	for (i = 0; (ret == -EBUSY || ret == -EAGAIN) && i < 3; i++)
>+		ret = t4_get_fw_version(adap, &adap->params.fw_vers);
>+
> 	if (ret)
> 		return ret;


Nit: Just initalize ret to -EBUSY and change the test for i to < 4 rather than <
3.  That way you will only have one call site for t4_get_fw_version, which I
think is more readable.  Alternatively a do..while loop might be appropriate
here.

But I suppose I'm just splitting hairs at this point

Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

 
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