netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] dpaa2-switch: add ENDPOINT_CHANGED to the irq

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:51:30 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] dpaa2-switch: add ENDPOINT_CHANGED to
 the irq_mask

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 02:14:07PM +0200, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> The blamed commit added support for MAC endpoints in the dpaa2-switch
> driver but omitted to add the ENDPOINT_CHANGED irq to the list of
> interrupt sources. Fix this by extending the list of events which can
> raise an interrupt by extending the mask passed to the
> dpsw_set_irq_mask() firmware API.
> 
> There is no user visible impact even without this patch since whenever a
> switch interface is connected/disconnected from an endpoint both events
> are set (LINK_CHANGED and ENDPOINT_CHANGED) and, luckily, the
> LINK_CHANGED event could actually raise the interrupt and thus get the
> MAC/PHY SW configuration started.
> 
> Even with this, it's better to just not rely on undocumented firmware
> behavior which can change.
> 
> Fixes: 84cba72956fd ("dpaa2-switch: integrate the MAC endpoint support")

Hi Ioana,

As there is no user-visible bug, I think it is better to drop the Fixes tag.

If you want to mention the commit, which is probably a good idea,
then perhaps you can use something like:

   Introduced by commit ...

> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - add a bit more info in the commit message
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
> index 654dd10df307..e91ade7c7c93 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
> @@ -1550,9 +1550,9 @@ static irqreturn_t dpaa2_switch_irq0_handler_thread(int irq_num, void *arg)
>  
>  static int dpaa2_switch_setup_irqs(struct fsl_mc_device *sw_dev)
>  {
> +	u32 mask = DPSW_IRQ_EVENT_LINK_CHANGED | DPSW_IRQ_EVENT_ENDPOINT_CHANGED;
>  	struct device *dev = &sw_dev->dev;
>  	struct ethsw_core *ethsw = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> -	u32 mask = DPSW_IRQ_EVENT_LINK_CHANGED;
>  	struct fsl_mc_device_irq *irq;
>  	int err;
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>