netdev - Re: [PATCH net] vmxnet3: remove incorrect register dump of RX data ring

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Message-ID: <5db1336e-3ef0-4258-acc6-0581b881c074@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:34:52 +0530
From: ALOK TIWARI <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
To: sankararaman.jayaraman@...adcom.com, ajay.kaher@...adcom.com,
        ronak.doshi@...adcom.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vmxnet3: remove incorrect register dump of RX data
 ring



On 9/19/2025 1:16 AM, Alok Tiwari wrote:
> The ethtool get_regs() implementation incorrectly dumps
> rq->rx_ring[0].size in the RX data ring section. rq->rx_ring[0].size
> belongs to the RX descriptor ring, not the data ring, and is already
> reported earlier. The RX data ring only defines desc_size, which is
> already exported.
> 
> Remove the redundant and invalid rq->rx_ring[0].size dump to avoid
> confusing or misleading ethtool -d output.
> 
> Fixes: b6bd9b5448a9 ("Driver: Vmxnet3: Extend register dump support")
> Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari<alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>

The wrong Fixes: tag was added in this patch. I will correct it.
Fixes: 50a5ce3e7116 ("vmxnet3: add receive data ring support")

Thanks,
Alok