netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] net: thunderx: make CFG_DONE message to run through generic send-ack sequence

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Message-Id: <20190218.153310.393264778478086662.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:33:10 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vlomovtsev@...vell.com
Cc:     sgoutham@...ium.com, rric@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dnelson@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] net: thunderx: make CFG_DONE message to run
 through generic send-ack sequence

From: Vadim Lomovtsev <vlomovtsev@...vell.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:52:14 +0000

> @@ -169,6 +169,20 @@ static int nicvf_check_pf_ready(struct nicvf *nic)
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> +static int nicvf_send_cfg_done(struct nicvf *nic)
> +{
> +	union nic_mbx mbx = {};
> +
> +	mbx.msg.msg = NIC_MBOX_MSG_CFG_DONE;
> +	if (nicvf_send_msg_to_pf(nic, &mbx)) {
> +		netdev_err(nic->netdev,
> +			   "PF didn't respond to CFG DONE msg\n");
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 1;
> +}
 ...
> @@ -1515,8 +1528,7 @@ int nicvf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
>  		nicvf_enable_intr(nic, NICVF_INTR_RBDR, qidx);
>  
>  	/* Send VF config done msg to PF */
> -	mbx.msg.msg = NIC_MBOX_MSG_CFG_DONE;
> -	nicvf_write_to_mbx(nic, &mbx);
> +	nicvf_send_cfg_done(nic);

If the one and only call site doesn't even bother to check the return
value, just make it return void.

Thanks.