netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 15/17] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: remove unused "on" variable

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Message-ID: <20220826075157.GD2116@pengutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:51:57 +0200
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@...rochip.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 15/17] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: remove
 unused "on" variable

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:54:07PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 10:02:29AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > This variable is not used on ksz9477 side. Remove it.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz9477.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz9477.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz9477.c
> > index bfefb60ec91bf..609bd63f4cdb1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz9477.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz9477.c
> > @@ -1070,7 +1070,6 @@ void ksz9477_config_cpu_port(struct dsa_switch *ds)
> >  
> >  			/* enable cpu port */
> >  			ksz9477_port_setup(dev, i, true);
> > -			p->on = 1;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >  
> > @@ -1080,7 +1079,6 @@ void ksz9477_config_cpu_port(struct dsa_switch *ds)
> >  		p = &dev->ports[i];
> >  
> >  		ksz_port_stp_state_set(ds, i, BR_STATE_DISABLED);
> > -		p->on = 1;
> >  		if (dev->chip_id == 0x00947700 && i == 6) {
> >  			p->sgmii = 1;
> >  		}
> > -- 
> > 2.30.2
> > 
> 
> And it seems like it's not used on ksz8 either. The reason I'm saying
> that is that ksz8_flush_dyn_mac_table() is the only apparent user of
> p->on, and that only for the case where flushing the FDB of all ports is
> requested (port > dev->info->port_cnt). But ksz8_flush_dyn_mac_table()
> (through dev->dev_ops->flush_dyn_mac_table) is only called from DSA's
> ds->ops->port_fast_age() method, and that will never be requested
> "for all ports" (and to my knowledge never was in the past, either).
> Badly ported SDK code would be my guess. So there are more
> simplifications which could be done.

Ok, i'll take a look on it as soon as i get one of ksz8 board in my
fingers.

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