netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 5/5] net: ena: ethtool: support set

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Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 19:02:51 +0200
From:   Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>, sameehj@...zon.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, dwmw@...zon.com, zorik@...zon.com,
        matua@...zon.com, saeedb@...zon.com, msw@...zon.com,
        aliguori@...zon.com, nafea@...zon.com, gtzalik@...zon.com,
        netanel@...zon.com, alisaidi@...zon.com, benh@...zon.com,
        akiyano@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 5/5] net: ena: ethtool: support set_channels
 callback

On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 01:11:32PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:20:52 +0300, sameehj@...zon.com wrote:
> > +
> > +	new_channel_count = clamp_val(channels->tx_count,
> > +				      ENA_MIN_NUM_IO_QUEUES, channels->max_tx);
> 
> You should return an error if the value is not within bounds, rather
> than guessing.

And ethtool_set_channels() already does that if any of the requested
counts exceeds the corresponding maximum so that the upper bound check
here is superfluous.

Michal