netdev - [PATCH net-next v2] iavf: clarify VLAN add/delete log messages and lower log level

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Message-ID: <20251104150849.532195-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Date: Tue,  4 Nov 2025 07:08:35 -0800
From: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
To: przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com, aleksander.lobakin@...el.com,
        anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, kuba@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        horms@...nel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: alok.a.tiwarilinux@...il.com, alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] iavf: clarify VLAN add/delete log messages and lower log level

The current dev_warn messages for too many VLAN changes are confusing
and one place incorrectly references "add" instead of "delete" VLANs
due to copy-paste errors.

- Use dev_info instead of dev_warn to lower the log level.
- Rephrase the message to: "[vvfl|vvfl_v2] Too many VLAN [add|delete]
  requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF".

Suggested-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
---
v1 -> v2
remove "\n" b/w message 
added vvfl and vvfl_v2 prefix
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
index 34a422a4a29c..c9495c260e6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
@@ -793,7 +793,8 @@ void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "vvfl Too many VLAN add requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id,
 							   --count);
@@ -838,7 +839,8 @@ void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "vvfl_v2 Too many VLAN add requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters,
 							   --count);
@@ -941,7 +943,8 @@ void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many delete VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "vvfl Too many VLAN delete requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id,
 							   --count);
@@ -987,7 +990,8 @@ void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "vvfl_v2 Too many VLAN delete requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters,
 							   --count);
-- 
2.50.1