netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: hns3: provide .get_cmdq

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Message-ID: <1b76cac7-b1cc-cbab-cef4-cefeaa25ac62@huawei.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 08:13:06 +0800
From:   tanhuazhong <tanhuazhong@...wei.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>, <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: hns3: provide .get_cmdq_stat interface
 for the client



On 2020/5/10 4:48, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sat, 9 May 2020 17:27:39 +0800 Huazhong Tan wrote:
>> This patch provides a new interface for the client to query
>> whether CMDQ is ready to work.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Huazhong Tan <tanhuazhong@...wei.com>
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h
>> index 5602bf2..7506cab 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h
>> @@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ struct hnae3_ae_ops {
>>   	int (*set_vf_mac)(struct hnae3_handle *handle, int vf, u8 *p);
>>   	int (*get_module_eeprom)(struct hnae3_handle *handle, u32 offset,
>>   				 u32 len, u8 *data);
>> +	bool (*get_cmdq_stat)(struct hnae3_handle *handle);
>>   };
> 
> I don't see anything in this series using this new interface, why is it
> added now?
> 

Hi, Jakub.

This interface is needed by the roce client, whose patch will be
upstreamed to the rdma tree, it is other branch. So we provide this 
interface previously, then the rdma guy will upstream their patch later,
maybe linux-5.8-rc*.

Thanks.

> .
>