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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] net: ocelot: add support for ndo_change_mtu
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Le Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:40:55 +0000,
Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> a écrit :

> > +static int ocelot_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
> > +{
> > +	struct ocelot_port_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> > +	struct ocelot_port *ocelot_port = &priv->port;
> > +	struct ocelot *ocelot = ocelot_port->ocelot;
> > +
> > +	ocelot_port_set_maxlen(ocelot, priv->chip_port, new_mtu);
> > +	WRITE_ONCE(dev->mtu, new_mtu);  
> 
> The WRITE_ONCE seems absolutely gratuitous to me.

I applied what is recommended in netdevice.h for the mtu field of the
netdev.
(https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.15/source/include/linux/netdevice.h#L1989)
And used in __dev_set_mtu
(https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.15/source/net/core/dev.c#L8849)

> 
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  enum ocelot_action_type {
> >  	OCELOT_MACT_LEARN,
> >  	OCELOT_MACT_FORGET,


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Clément Léger,
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineer at Bootlin
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