[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/15] sfc: use new rte_eth_linkstatus functions

Andrew Rybchenko arybchenko at solarflare.com
Sat Jan 6 12:10:25 CET 2018


On 01/06/2018 04:06 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Use the new API (_rte_eth_linkstatus_set) to handle link status update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>

Many thanks. Good idea since the code is definitely shorter and easier
to read/understand.

The summary should be net/sfc:, not just sfc:. In fact it is applicable
to all network driver patches.

> ---
>   drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c | 27 +++++++--------------------
>   drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c     | 23 ++++-------------------
>   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>

<...>

> diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c
> index a16dc27b380e..3e96536a9d60 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c
> @@ -404,29 +404,14 @@ sfc_ev_link_change(void *arg, efx_link_mode_t link_mode)
>   {
>   	struct sfc_evq *evq = arg;
>   	struct sfc_adapter *sa = evq->sa;
> -	struct rte_eth_link *dev_link = &sa->eth_dev->data->dev_link;
>   	struct rte_eth_link new_link;
> -	uint64_t new_link_u64;
> -	uint64_t old_link_u64;
> -
> -	EFX_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(*dev_link) == sizeof(rte_atomic64_t));
>   
>   	sfc_port_link_mode_to_info(link_mode, &new_link);
> +	if (_rte_eth_linkstatus_set(sa->eth_dev, &new_link) == 0)
> +		return B_FALSE;
>   
> -	new_link_u64 = *(uint64_t *)&new_link;
> -	do {
> -		old_link_u64 = rte_atomic64_read((rte_atomic64_t *)dev_link);
> -		if (old_link_u64 == new_link_u64)
> -			break;
> -
> -		if (rte_atomic64_cmpset((volatile uint64_t *)dev_link,
> -					old_link_u64, new_link_u64)) {
> -			evq->sa->port.lsc_seq++;
> -			break;
> -		}
> -	} while (B_TRUE);
> -
> -	return B_FALSE;
> +	evq->sa->port.lsc_seq++;
> +	return B_TRUE;

It must be return B_FALSE as before the patch..

>   }
>   
>   static const efx_ev_callbacks_t sfc_ev_callbacks = {



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