netdev - RE: [net-next Patch 4/5] octeontx2-af: replace generic error codes

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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 05:41:01 +0000
From: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sunil Kovvuri Goutham
	<sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@...vell.com>,
        Jerin
 Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@...vell.com>,
        Linu Cherian
	<lcherian@...vell.com>,
        Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@...vell.com>,
        Naveen Mamindlapalli <naveenm@...vell.com>,
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        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next Patch 4/5] octeontx2-af: replace generic error codes



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hariprasad Kelam
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2023 9:42 AM
> To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> davem@...emloft.net; Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>;
> Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@...vell.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> <jerinj@...vell.com>; Linu Cherian <lcherian@...vell.com>; Subbaraya
> Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@...vell.com>; Naveen Mamindlapalli
> <naveenm@...vell.com>; edumazet@...gle.com; pabeni@...hat.com
> Subject: Re: [net-next Patch 4/5] octeontx2-af: replace generic error codes
> 
> 
> 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:53:56 +0530 Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> > > currently, if any netdev is not mapped to the MAC block(cgx/rpm)
> > > requests MAC feature, AF driver returns a generic error like -EPERM.
> > > This patch replaces generic error codes with driver-specific error
> > > codes for better debugging
> >
> > The custom error codes are not liked upstream, they make much harder
> > for people who don't work on the driver to refactor it.
> >
> > If you want debugging isn't it better to add a tracepoint to the checks?
> 
> Hari>>  These error codes are added in AF mailbox handlers, user space tools
> like ethool ,tc won't see these since these are between pf netdev and AF.
> During netdev driver probe/open calls, it requests AF driver to configure
> different hardware blocks MAC/network etc. If there is any error instead of
> getting EPERM, we will get block specific error codes like
> LMAC_AF_ERR_INVALID_PARAM, NIX_AF_ERR_PARAM etc.

Jakub,
Any comments here?

> 
> Thanks,
> Hariprasad k
> > --
> > pw-bot: cr