netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 2/3] lan78xx: add ethtool set & get pause functions

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:06:27 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 2/3] lan78xx: add ethtool set & get pause
 functions

On Fri, 2016-02-19 at 00:03 +0000, Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com wrote:
> > > Add ethtool operations of set_pauseram and get_pauseparm.
> > [...]
> > > +static void lan78xx_get_pause(struct net_device *net,
> > > +			      struct ethtool_pauseparam *pause)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct lan78xx_net *dev = netdev_priv(net);
> > > +	struct phy_device *phydev = net->phydev;
> > > +	struct ethtool_cmd ecmd = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET };
> > > +
> > > +	phy_ethtool_gset(phydev, &ecmd);
> > > +
> > > +	pause->autoneg = dev->fc_autoneg;
> > > +
> > > +	if (dev->fc_autoneg) {
> > > +		if (dev->fc_autoneg_control & FLOW_CTRL_TX)
> > > +			pause->tx_pause = 1;
> > > +
> > > +		if (dev->fc_autoneg_control & FLOW_CTRL_RX)
> > > +			pause->rx_pause = 1;
> > 
> > This is incorrect; you should always return the manual settings
> > (fc_request_control flags) here.  If autonegotiation is enabled then
> > your get_settings function will return the actual pause flags.
> > 
> > Ben.
> 
> Ben, thanks for comments.
> How about comment in include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h?
> It says 
> ** struct ethtool_pauseparam - Ethernet pause (flow control) parameters
> ...
> * If @autoneg is non-zero, the MAC is configured to send and/or
> * receive pause frames according to the result of autonegotiation.
> 
> Doesn't this mean get_pauseparam() returns pause settings based on 
> Result of autonegotation? Not manual settings of rx_param & tx_param?

No, get_pauseparam should return the same settings that were passed to
the last set_pauseparam.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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