netdev - [net-next V2 08/12] net/mlx5e: Remove redundant WARN when we cannot find neigh entry

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Message-Id: <20180723221129.21625-9-saeedm@mellanox.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:11:25 -0700
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net-next V2 08/12] net/mlx5e: Remove redundant WARN when we cannot find neigh entry

From: Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>

It is possible for neigh entry not to exist if it was cleaned already.
When we bring down an interface the neigh gets deleted but it could be
that our listener for neigh event to clear the encap valid bit didn't
start yet and the neigh update last used work is started first.
In this scenario the encap entry has valid bit set but the neigh entry
doesn't exist.

Signed-off-by: Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 0edf4751a8ba..335a08bc381d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1032,10 +1032,8 @@ void mlx5e_tc_update_neigh_used_value(struct mlx5e_neigh_hash_entry *nhe)
 		 * dst ip pair
 		 */
 		n = neigh_lookup(tbl, &m_neigh->dst_ip, m_neigh->dev);
-		if (!n) {
-			WARN(1, "The neighbour already freed\n");
+		if (!n)
 			return;
-		}
 
 		neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
 		neigh_release(n);
-- 
2.17.0