netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 13/18] ionic: Add initial ethtool support

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Message-ID: <20190625165412.0e1206ce@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:54:12 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 13/18] ionic: Add initial ethtool support

On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:24:19 -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> +	running = test_bit(LIF_UP, lif->state);
> +	if (running)
> +		ionic_stop(netdev);
> +
> +	lif->ntxq_descs = ring->tx_pending;
> +	lif->nrxq_descs = ring->rx_pending;
> +
> +	if (running)
> +		ionic_open(netdev);
> +	clear_bit(LIF_QUEUE_RESET, lif->state);

> +	running = test_bit(LIF_UP, lif->state);
> +	if (running)
> +		ionic_stop(netdev);
> +
> +	lif->nxqs = ch->combined_count;
> +
> +	if (running)
> +		ionic_open(netdev);
> +	clear_bit(LIF_QUEUE_RESET, lif->state);

I think we'd rather see the drivers allocate/reserve the resources
first, and then perform the configuration once they are as sure as
possible it will succeed :(  I'm not sure it's a hard requirement, 
but I think certainly it'd be nice in new drivers.