netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: txgbe: Initialize service task

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 10:16:32 +0800
From:   Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
To:     "'Jakub Kicinski'" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "'Mengyuan Lou'" <mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: txgbe: Initialize service task

On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 7:56 AM, Jakub wrote:
> On Tue,  8 Nov 2022 19:19:04 +0800 Mengyuan Lou wrote:
> > +	__TXGBE_TESTING,
> > +	__TXGBE_RESETTING,
> > +	__TXGBE_DOWN,
> > +	__TXGBE_HANGING,
> > +	__TXGBE_DISABLED,
> > +	__TXGBE_REMOVING,
> > +	__TXGBE_SERVICE_SCHED,
> > +	__TXGBE_SERVICE_INITED,
> 
> Please don't try to implement a state machine in the driver.
> Protect data structures with locks, like a normal piece of SW.
> 

The state machine will be used in interrupt events, locks don't seem to fit it.