netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 07/33] xdp: xdp_frame add member frame_sz and handle in convert_to_xdp

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Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:20:50 +0200
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     Toshiaki Makita <toshiaki.makita1@...il.com>
Cc:     sameehj@...zon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        zorik@...zon.com, akiyano@...zon.com, gtzalik@...zon.com,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        steffen.klassert@...unet.com, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 07/33] xdp: xdp_frame add member frame_sz and
 handle in convert_to_xdp_frame

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:24:07 +0900
Toshiaki Makita <toshiaki.makita1@...il.com> wrote:

> > +/* Avoids inlining WARN macro in fast-path */
> > +void xdp_warn(const char* msg, const char* func, const int line);
> > +#define XDP_WARN(msg) xdp_warn(msg, __func__, __LINE__)  
> 
> Shouldn't this have WARN_ONCE()-like mechanism?
> A buggy driver may generate massive amount of dump messages...

Well, in this use-case I think I want it be loud.  I usually miss those
WARN_ONCE messages, and I while extending and testing drivers, it was
an advantage that is was loud, as it caught some of my own bugs.

-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer