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Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:26:10 -0700
From:   Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch 12/35] net: ionic: Remove WARN_ON(in_interrupt()).

On 9/27/20 12:48 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
>
> in_interrupt() is ill defined and does not provide what the name
> suggests. The usage especially in driver code is deprecated and a tree wide
> effort to clean up and consolidate the (ab)usage of in_interrupt() and
> related checks is happening.
>
> In this case the check covers only parts of the contexts in which these
> functions cannot be called. It fails to detect preemption or interrupt
> disabled invocations.
>
> As the functions which are invoked from ionic_adminq_post() and
> ionic_dev_cmd_wait() contain a broad variety of checks (always enabled or
> debug option dependent) which cover all invalid conditions already, there
> is no point in having inconsistent warnings in those drivers.
>
> Just remove them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
> Cc: Pensando Drivers <drivers@...sando.io>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Thanks.

Acked-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>

> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c |    4 ----
>   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
> @@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ioni
>   	struct ionic_queue *adminq;
>   	int err = 0;
>   
> -	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
> -
>   	if (!lif->adminqcq)
>   		return -EIO;
>   
> @@ -346,8 +344,6 @@ int ionic_dev_cmd_wait(struct ionic *ion
>   	int done;
>   	int err;
>   
> -	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
> -
>   	/* Wait for dev cmd to complete, retrying if we get EAGAIN,
>   	 * but don't wait any longer than max_seconds.
>   	 */
>