netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: ipa: drop packet if status has valid tag

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:27:33 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, elder@...nel.org, evgreen@...omium.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, cpratapa@...eaurora.org,
        subashab@...eaurora.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: ipa: drop packet if status has valid
 tag

On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:29:44 -0600 Alex Elder wrote:
> Introduce ipa_endpoint_status_tag(), which returns true if received
> status indicates its tag field is valid.  The endpoint parameter is
> not yet used.
> 
> Call this from ipa_status_drop_packet(), and drop the packet if the
> status indicates the tag was valid.  Pass the endpoint pointer to
> ipa_status_drop_packet(), and rename it ipa_endpoint_status_drop().
> The endpoint will be used in the next patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>

> @@ -1172,11 +1175,22 @@ static bool ipa_endpoint_status_skip(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint,
>  	return false;	/* Don't skip this packet, process it */
>  }
>  
> +static bool ipa_endpoint_status_tag(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint,
> +				    const struct ipa_status *status)
> +{
> +	return !!(status->mask & IPA_STATUS_MASK_TAG_VALID_FMASK);

drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c:1181:25: warning: restricted __le16 degrades to integer

> +}
> +