netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 05/16] net: dsa: use ports list to setup switches

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Message-ID: <20191021153752.GB90634@t480s.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:37:52 -0400
From:   Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 05/16] net: dsa: use ports list to setup switches

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:49:02 +0200, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 07:42:15PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 10/19/2019 8:19 PM, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> > > Use the new ports list instead of iterating over switches and their
> > > ports when setting up the switches and their ports.
> > > 
> > > At the same time, provide setup states and messages for ports and
> > > switches as it is done for the trees.
> > 
> > Humm, that becomes quite noisy, would it make sense to have those
> > messages only for non-user ports that are not already visible because
> > they do not have a net_device?
> 
> I agree, it looks noise. Maybe change them to _dbg()?
>  
> > If you have multiple switches in a fabric, it might be convenient to use
> > dev_info(dp->ds->dev, ...) to print your message so you can clearly
> > identify which port belongs to which switch, which becomes even more
> > important as it is all flattened thanks to lists now. What do you think?
> 
> I do think it needs to identify both the dst and the ds.

It is noise indeed and doesn't add much value, I'll remove them.


Thanks,
Vivien