netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: mhi: Add RX/TX fixup callbacks

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Date:   Thu, 4 Feb 2021 08:54:30 +0100
From:   Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
        Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Carl Yin(殷张成) <carl.yin@...ctel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: mhi: Add RX/TX fixup callbacks

Hi Jakub,


On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 00:08, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Please put the maintainers or the list thru which you expect the patch
> to be applied in the To: field of your emails.
>
> On Mon,  1 Feb 2021 22:05:40 +0100 Loic Poulain wrote:
> > +     if (proto && proto->tx_fixup) {
> > +             skb = proto->tx_fixup(mhi_netdev, skb);
> > +             if (unlikely(!skb))
> > +                     goto exit_drop;
> > +     }
>
> > @@ -170,7 +193,11 @@ static void mhi_net_dl_callback(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev,
> >               }
> >
> >               skb_put(skb, mhi_res->bytes_xferd);
> > -             netif_rx(skb);
> > +
> > +             if (proto && proto->rx_fixup)
> > +                     proto->rx_fixup(mhi_netdev, skb);
> > +             else
> > +                     netif_rx(skb);
> >       }
>
> There us a slight asymmetry between tx_fixup and rx_fixup.
> tx_fixup just massages the frame and then mhi_net still takes
> care of transmission. On Rx side rx_fixup actually does the
> netif_rx(skb). Maybe s/rx_fixup/rx/ ?

Yes, that makes sense.

Loic