netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3 v4] drivers: net: ethernet: qualcomm: rmnet: Initial implementation

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:38:16 -0600
From:   Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, fengguang.wu@...el.com, dcbw@...hat.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3 v4] drivers: net: ethernet: qualcomm: rmnet:
 Initial implementation

>> > +static int rmnet_unregister_real_device(struct net_device *dev)
>> > +{
>> > +	int config_id = RMNET_LOCAL_LOGICAL_ENDPOINT;
>> > +	struct rmnet_logical_ep_conf_s *epconfig_l;
>> > +	struct rmnet_phys_ep_conf_s *config;
>> > +
>> > +	ASSERT_RTNL();
>> > +
>> > +	netdev_info(dev, "Removing device %s\n", dev->name);
>> > +
>> > +	if (!rmnet_is_real_dev_registered(dev))
>> > +		return -EINVAL;
>> > +
>> > +	for (; config_id < RMNET_MAX_LOGICAL_EP; config_id++) {
>> 
>> This loop is so much harder to understand because you initialize
>> the loop index several lines above the for() statement.  Just
>> initialize it here at the beginning of the for() loop and deal
>> with the fact that this will have to therefore be a multi-line
>> for() statement the best you can.
> ...
> 
> One way to split the multi-line for() is to put the initialiser
> on the immediately preceding line:
> 	config_id = RMNET_LOCAL_LOGICAL_ENDPOINT;
> 	for (; config_id < RMNET_MAX_LOGICAL_EP; config_id++) {
> 
> 	David

Hi DaveM / David

I'll move the initialization as above.

> 
>> +static int rmnet_set_egress_data_format(struct net_device *dev,	u32 
>> edf,
>> +					u16 agg_size, u16 agg_count)
> 
> Use a space instead of a TAB character before the "u32 edf," argument.
> 

I'll fix this.

>> +static int
>> +__rmnet_set_logical_endpoint_config(struct net_device *dev,
>> +				    int config_id,
>> +				    struct rmnet_logical_ep_conf_s *epconfig)
>> +{
>> +	struct rmnet_logical_ep_conf_s *epconfig_l;
>> +
>> +	ASSERT_RTNL();
>> +
>> +	epconfig_l = rmnet_get_logical_ep(dev, config_id);
>> +
>> +	if (!epconfig_l || epconfig_l->refcount)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +	memcpy(epconfig_l, epconfig, sizeof(struct 
>> rmnet_logical_ep_conf_s));
>> +	if (config_id == RMNET_LOCAL_LOGICAL_ENDPOINT)
>> +		epconfig_l->mux_id = 0;
>> +	else
>> +		epconfig_l->mux_id = config_id;
>> +
>> +	dev_hold(epconfig_l->egress_dev);
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
> 
> This looks really messy.
> 
> One invariant that must hold is that if I try to take down netdev
> "X", all resources holding a reference to X will be immediately
> (or quickly) dropped when that request comes in via notifiers.
> 
> Will this happen properly for this egress_dev reference counting?
> 
>> +static int rmnet_config_notify_cb(struct notifier_block *nb,
>> +				  unsigned long event, void *data)
>> +{
>> +	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(data);
>> +
>> +	if (!dev)
>> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
>> +
>> +	switch (event) {
>> +	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER_FINAL:
>> +	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
>> +		netdev_info(dev, "Kernel unregister\n");
>> +		rmnet_force_unassociate_device(dev);
>> +		break;
> 
> So I guess it happens here?

Yes, all the rmnet devices are removed from the real_dev
in the notifier callback.

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