netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net/smc: don't send CDC/LLC message if link not ready

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Date:   Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:36:06 +0100
From:   Karsten Graul <kgraul@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Dust Li <dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Tony Lu <tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net/smc: don't send CDC/LLC message if link not
 ready

On 28/12/2021 10:03, Dust Li wrote:
> We found smc_llc_send_link_delete_all() sometimes wait
> for 2s timeout when testing with RDMA link up/down.
> It is possible when a smc_link is in ACTIVATING state,
> the underlaying QP is still in RESET or RTR state, which
> cannot send any messages out.

I see your point, but why do you needed to introduce a new wrapper instead of
extending the existing smc_link_usable() wrapper?
With that and without any comments the reader of the code does not know why there are
2 different functions and what is the reason for having two of them.