netdev - [PATCH net-next v4 9/9] ice: cleanup Rx queue context programming functions

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Message-Id: <20241108-packing-pack-fields-and-ice-implementation-v4-9-81a9f42c30e5@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:30:22 -0800
From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, 
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, 
 Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, 
 Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 9/9] ice: cleanup Rx queue context programming
 functions

The ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw() and ice_write_rxq_ctx() functions perform some
defensive checks which are typically frowned upon by kernel style
guidelines.

In particular, NULL checks on buffers which point to the stack are
discouraged, especially when the functions are static and only called once.
Checks of this sort only serve to hide potential programming error, as we
will not produce the normal crash dump on a NULL access.

In addition, ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw() cannot fail in another way, so could
be made void.

Future support for VF Live Migration will need to introduce an inverse
function for reading Rx queue context from HW registers to unpack it, as
well as functions to pack and unpack Tx queue context from HW.

Rather than copying these style issues into the new functions, lets first
cleanup the existing code.

For the ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw() function:

 * Move the Rx queue index check out of this function.
 * Convert the function to a void return.
 * Use a simple int variable instead of a u8 for the for loop index, and
   initialize it inside the for loop.
 * Update the function description to better align with kernel doc style.

For the ice_write_rxq_ctx() function:

 * Move the Rx queue index check into this function.
 * Update the function description with a Returns: to align with kernel doc
   style.

These changes align the existing write functions to current kernel
style, and will align with the style of the new functions added when we
implement live migration in a future series.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c | 28 +++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
index e31d0ed55dff..da412fe5d1ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
@@ -1358,32 +1358,23 @@ int ice_reset(struct ice_hw *hw, enum ice_reset_req req)
 }

 /**
- * ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw
+ * ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw - Copy packed Rx queue context to HW registers
  * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
  * @rxq_ctx: pointer to the packed Rx queue context
  * @rxq_index: the index of the Rx queue
- *
- * Copies rxq context from dense structure to HW register space
  */
-static int ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(struct ice_hw *hw,
-				  const ice_rxq_ctx_buf_t *rxq_ctx,
-				  u32 rxq_index)
+static void ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(struct ice_hw *hw,
+				   const ice_rxq_ctx_buf_t *rxq_ctx,
+				   u32 rxq_index)
 {
-	u8 i;
-
-	if (rxq_index > QRX_CTRL_MAX_INDEX)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* Copy each dword separately to HW */
-	for (i = 0; i < ICE_RXQ_CTX_SIZE_DWORDS; i++) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < ICE_RXQ_CTX_SIZE_DWORDS; i++) {
 		u32 ctx = ((const u32 *)rxq_ctx)[i];

 		wr32(hw, QRX_CONTEXT(i, rxq_index), ctx);

 		ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_QCTX, "qrxdata[%d]: %08X\n", i, ctx);
 	}
-
-	return 0;
 }

 #define ICE_CTX_STORE(struct_name, struct_field, width, lsb) \
@@ -1432,23 +1423,26 @@ static void ice_pack_rxq_ctx(const struct ice_rlan_ctx *ctx,
 /**
  * ice_write_rxq_ctx - Write Rx Queue context to hardware
  * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
- * @rlan_ctx: pointer to the rxq context
+ * @rlan_ctx: pointer to the unpacked Rx queue context
  * @rxq_index: the index of the Rx queue
  *
  * Pack the sparse Rx Queue context into dense hardware format and write it
  * into the HW register space.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or -EINVAL if the Rx queue index is invalid.
  */
 int ice_write_rxq_ctx(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_rlan_ctx *rlan_ctx,
 		      u32 rxq_index)
 {
 	ice_rxq_ctx_buf_t buf = {};

-	if (!rlan_ctx)
+	if (rxq_index > QRX_CTRL_MAX_INDEX)
 		return -EINVAL;

 	ice_pack_rxq_ctx(rlan_ctx, &buf);
+	ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(hw, &buf, rxq_index);

-	return ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(hw, &buf, rxq_index);
+	return 0;
 }

 /* LAN Tx Queue Context */

-- 
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