netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: stmmac: Add support for DWMAC5 and implement Safety Features

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Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 15:26:44 +0000
From:   Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>, <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        <alexandre.torgue@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: stmmac: Add support for DWMAC5 and
 implement Safety Features

Hi David,

On 01-02-2018 15:09, David Miller wrote:
> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:02:09 +0100
>
>>> +static void dwmac5_log_error(struct net_device *ndev, u32 value, bool corr,
>>> +		const char *module_name, const char **errors_str) {
>>> +	unsigned long loc, mask;
>>> +
>>> +	mask = value;
>>> +	for_each_set_bit(loc, &mask, 32) {
>>> +		netdev_err(ndev, "Found %s error in %s: '%s'\n", corr ?
>>> +				"correctable" : "uncorrectable", module_name,
>>> +				errors_str[loc]);
>>> +	}
>>> +}
>> How about also adding ethtool -S stats. You have a text string, so all
>> you need to add is a counter. And i expect statistics are looked at
>> more than dmesg output.
> I agree.  Perhaps for extremely catastrophic errors (those which
> require a complete chip reset, for example), statistics are really the
> way to go.
>
> Also, all of these functions are not style properly.  The openning
> curly braces of a function belong on a separate line of their own, not
> at the end of the arguments.

Hmm, I have that locally and in the raw .patch file ... Maybe
there is something wrong with my git send-email?

>
> The braces for structure assignment blocks have a similar problem,
> the final closing brace and semicolon should be on a line by itself.

And I also have that ...

Best Regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu