netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/9] Expose port split attributes

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 13:09:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        michael.chan@...adcom.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org, jiri@...lanox.com,
        snelson@...sando.io, andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, danieller@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/9] Expose port split attributes

On Thu,  9 Jul 2020 16:18:13 +0300 Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> Danielle says:
> 
> Currently, user space has no way of knowing if a port can be split and
> into how many ports. Among other things, this makes it impossible to
> write generic tests for port split functionality.
> 
> Therefore, this set exposes two new devlink port attributes to user
> space: Number of lanes and whether the port can be split or not.
> 
> Patch set overview:
> 
> Patches #1-#4 cleanup 'struct devlink_port_attrs' and reduce the number
> of parameters passed between drivers and devlink via
> devlink_port_attrs_set()
> 
> Patch #5 adds devlink port lanes attributes
> 
> Patches #6-#7 add devlink port splittable attribute
> 
> Patch #8 exploits the fact that devlink is now aware of port's number of
> lanes and whether the port can be split or not and moves some checks
> from drivers to devlink
> 
> Patch #9 adds a port split test
> 
> Changes since v2:
> * Remove some local variables from patch #3
> * Reword function description in patch #5
> * Fix a bug in patch #8
> * Add a test for the splittable attribute in patch #9
> 
> Changes since v1:
> * Rename 'width' attribute to 'lanes'
> * Add 'splittable' attribute
> * Move checks from drivers to devlink

FWIW I fancy my:

	lanes % count != 0

from the nfp cleaner than the:

	!is_power_of_2(count) || count > lanes

of mlxsw, but that's bike shedding at best, and at worst 
I'm missing something ;) so:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>