netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] RDMA/irdma: change the returned type of irdma_sc_repost_aeq

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:23:33 +0800
From:   Zhu Yanjun <zyjzyj2000@...il.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...el.com>, mustafa.ismail@...el.com,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        yanjun.zhu@...ux.dev, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] RDMA/irdma: change the returned type of
 irdma_sc_repost_aeq_entries to void

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 5:15 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:11:28PM -0400, yanjun.zhu@...ux.dev wrote:
> > From: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...ux.dev>
> >
> > The function irdma_sc_repost_aeq_entries always returns zero. So
> > the returned type is changed to void.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...ux.dev>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/ctrl.c | 4 +---
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/type.h | 3 +--
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> <...>
>
> > -enum irdma_status_code irdma_sc_repost_aeq_entries(struct irdma_sc_dev *dev,
> > -                                                u32 count);
>
> I clearly remember that Jakub asked for more than once to remo remove
> custom ice/irdma error codes. Did it happen? Can we get rid from them
> in RDMA too?

No. This is not related with custom ice/irdma error codes.

This is related with the returned type of the function.
If a function always returns 0, change the function returned type to void.
And remove the related returned value check.

Zhu Yanjun

>
> Thanks