netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 2/2] iavf: Add waiting for response from PF in set mac

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Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 10:09:49 +0000
From:   "Palczewski, Mateusz" <mateusz.palczewski@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        Sylwester Dziedziuch <sylwesterx.dziedziuch@...el.com>,
        "Jankowski, Konrad0" <konrad0.jankowski@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/2] iavf: Add waiting for response from PF in
 set mac

>On Mon,  9 May 2022 10:35:47 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote:
>> +static int iavf_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p) {
>> +	struct iavf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
>> +	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
>> +	bool handle_mac = iavf_is_mac_set_handled(netdev, addr->sa_data);
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
>> +		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
>> +
>> +	ret = iavf_replace_primary_mac(adapter, addr->sa_data);
>> +
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>> +	/* If this is an initial set mac during VF spawn do not wait */
>> +	if (adapter->flags & IAVF_FLAG_INITIAL_MAC_SET) {
>> +		adapter->flags &= ~IAVF_FLAG_INITIAL_MAC_SET;
>> +		return 0;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(adapter->vc_waitqueue, 
>> +handle_mac, msecs_to_jiffies(2500));
>
>Passing in a value as a condition looks a little odd, are you sure this is what you want? Because you can rewrite this as:
>
>	if (handled_mac)
>		goto done;
>
>	ret = wait_eve..(wq, false, msecs...);
>	if (ret < 0)
>		...
>	if (!ret)
>		...
>
>done:
>	if (!ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data))
>		return -EACCESS;
>	return 0;
>
Thanks for a tip, will work on rewriting this as You suggested and will test if everything still works fine.