netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net/mlx5e: Support DCBNL IEEE ETS

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:48:14 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
Cc:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
	Rana Shahout <ranas@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net/mlx5e: Support DCBNL IEEE ETS

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Saeed Mahameed
<saeedm@....mellanox.co.il> wrote:
>>>  struct mlx5e_priv {
>>>         /* priv data path fields - start */
>>> -       int                        default_vlan_prio;
>>>         struct mlx5e_sq            **txq_to_sq_map;
>>>         int channeltc_to_txq_map[MLX5E_MAX_NUM_CHANNELS][MLX5E_MAX_NUM_TC];
>>>         /* priv data path fields - end */
>>
>>
>> Didn't see a note on the removal of the default vlan prio in the
>> change-log, could you elaborate what was the role of it before the
>> patch and why we can just throw it?
>>
> it did nothing other than holding the number "0" which is always the
> default prio for vlans
> it was replaced with a the real 0 (the hardcoded "0") in the following lines:

okay, I would spare a sentence on that removal in the change, just in
case someone lands
here in future bisections and wonders why we removed this.

>> we're happily in 2016 (please fix here and also in other patches that
>> introduce new files)

> Ok.

cool