netdev - Re: [net-next,v2 1/6] ravb: Group descriptor types used in Rx ring

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Message-ID: <8cea9ce0-76f3-428a-6df5-90dcf6d59d18@omp.ru>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 22:59:12 +0300
From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Biju Das
	<biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>, Claudiu Beznea
	<claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>, Yoshihiro Shimoda
	<yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>, Paul Barker
	<paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next,v2 1/6] ravb: Group descriptor types used in Rx ring

On 2/28/24 1:33 AM, Niklas Söderlund wrote:

> The Rx ring can either be made up of normal or extended descriptors, not
> a mix of the two at the same time. Make this explicitly by grouping the

    Explicit?

> two variables in a rx_ring union.
> 
> The extension of the storage for more than one queue of normal
> descriptors from a single to NUM_RX_QUEUE queues have no practical
> effect. But aids in making the code readable as the code that uses it
> already piggyback on other members of struct ravb_private that are
> arrays of max length NUM_RX_QUEUE, e.g. rx_desc_dma. This will also make
> further refactoring easier.
> 
> While at it rename the normal descriptor Rx ring to make it clear it's

   I think you need comma after "at it"... :-)

> not strictly related to the GbEthernet E-MAC IP found in RZ/G2L, normal
> descriptors could be used on R-Car SoCs too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
> Reviewed-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>

[...]

MBR, Sergey