netdev - Re: [Patch v3] bnx2x: Fix error recovering in switch configuration

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:50:13 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Thinh Tran <thinhtr@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: aelior@...vell.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 manishc@...vell.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 skalluru@...vell.com, drc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, abdhalee@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [Patch v3] bnx2x: Fix error recovering in switch configuration

On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 22:02:01 +0000 Thinh Tran wrote:
> -		/* Disable HW interrupts, NAPI */
> -		bnx2x_netif_stop(bp, 1);
> -		/* Delete all NAPI objects */
> -		bnx2x_del_all_napi(bp);
> -		if (CNIC_LOADED(bp))
> -			bnx2x_del_all_napi_cnic(bp);
> -		/* Release IRQs */
> -		bnx2x_free_irq(bp);
> +		if (!bp->nic_stopped) {
> +			/* Disable HW interrupts, NAPI */
> +			bnx2x_netif_stop(bp, 1);
> +			/* Delete all NAPI objects */
> +			bnx2x_del_all_napi(bp);
> +			if (CNIC_LOADED(bp))
> +				bnx2x_del_all_napi_cnic(bp);
> +			/* Release IRQs */
> +			bnx2x_free_irq(bp);
> +			bp->nic_stopped = true;
> +		}

You're sprinkling this if around the same piece of code in multiple
places. Please factor it out into a function, and add return early 
from it if needed. If possible please keep the code symmetric (i.e.
also factor out the inverse of this code for starting the NIC).
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