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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 14:58:07 +0100
From:   Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: don't use netif_info et al before
 net_device is registered

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:29:12PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Using netif_info() before the net_device is registered results in ugly
> messages like the following:
> sfc 0000:01:00.1 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Solarflare NIC detected
> Therefore use pci_info() et al until net_device is registered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Hard to believe I've seen those messages for years and not noticed.
Thanks!

Acked-by: Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c | 13 +++++--------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> index c746ca723..4fd9903ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
> @@ -722,8 +722,7 @@ static int efx_register_netdev(struct efx_nic *efx)
>  	efx->state = STATE_READY;
>  	smp_mb(); /* ensure we change state before checking reset_pending */
>  	if (efx->reset_pending) {
> -		netif_err(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,
> -			  "aborting probe due to scheduled reset\n");
> +		pci_err(efx->pci_dev, "aborting probe due to scheduled reset\n");
>  		rc = -EIO;
>  		goto fail_locked;
>  	}
> @@ -990,8 +989,7 @@ static int efx_pci_probe_main(struct efx_nic *efx)
>  	rc = efx->type->init(efx);
>  	up_write(&efx->filter_sem);
>  	if (rc) {
> -		netif_err(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,
> -			  "failed to initialise NIC\n");
> +		pci_err(efx->pci_dev, "failed to initialise NIC\n");
>  		goto fail3;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1038,8 +1036,8 @@ static int efx_pci_probe_post_io(struct efx_nic *efx)
>  	if (efx->type->sriov_init) {
>  		rc = efx->type->sriov_init(efx);
>  		if (rc)
> -			netif_err(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,
> -				  "SR-IOV can't be enabled rc %d\n", rc);
> +			pci_err(efx->pci_dev, "SR-IOV can't be enabled rc %d\n",
> +				rc);
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Determine netdevice features */
> @@ -1106,8 +1104,7 @@ static int efx_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
>  	if (rc)
>  		goto fail1;
>  
> -	netif_info(efx, probe, efx->net_dev,
> -		   "Solarflare NIC detected\n");
> +	pci_info(pci_dev, "Solarflare NIC detected\n");
>  
>  	if (!efx->type->is_vf)
>  		efx_probe_vpd_strings(efx);
> -- 
> 2.31.1