Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755062AbZCRPXC (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:23:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752229AbZCRPWv (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:22:51 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:47300 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752191AbZCRPWt (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:22:49 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,384,1233561600"; d="scan'208";a="439950308" Message-ID: <49C111C6.2010905@intel.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:22:46 -0700 From: Alexander Duyck User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "gospo@redhat.com" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "greg@kroah.com" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "Zhao, Yu" Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2] igbvf: add new driver to support 82576 virtual functions References: <20090311020928.23138.20790.stgit@lost.foo-projects.org> <20090310222154.4bc8c12c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <49C03C80.5020203@intel.com> <20090317180826.8f3c596b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20090317180826.8f3c596b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2388 Lines: 60 Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:12:48 -0700 Alexander Duyck wrote: > >> Thanks for all the comments. I tried to incorporate most of them into >> the igbvf driver and also ended up porting some over to our other >> drivers, specifically igb since the igbvf driver copies much of the code. >> >> I have added my comments inline below. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alex >> >> Andrew Morton wrote: >>> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:09:28 -0700 Jeff Kirsher wrote: >>> >>>> From: Alexander Duyck >>>> >>>> This adds an igbvf driver to handle virtual functions provided >>>> by the igb driver. >>> The drive-by reader is now wondering what a "virtual function" is. > > ^^ this comment was missed. > > I was indirectly asking for an overview (preferably in the changelog) of > what the whole patch actually does. Sorry, while I missed the comment in my response I had gotten to addressing it in the next version. I updated it to more thoroughly describe what the VF driver is doing. I also included instructions on how to enable the VFs from the PF so that they can be tested. >>>> +static int igbvf_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, >>>> + struct ethtool_ringparam *ring) >>>> +{ >>>> + struct igbvf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev); >>>> + struct igbvf_ring *tx_ring, *tx_old; >>>> + struct igbvf_ring *rx_ring, *rx_old; >>>> + int err; >>>> + >>>> + if ((ring->rx_mini_pending) || (ring->rx_jumbo_pending)) >>>> + return -EINVAL; >>>> + >>>> + while (test_and_set_bit(__IGBVF_RESETTING, &adapter->state)) >>>> + msleep(1); >>> No timeout needed here? Interrupts might not be working, for example.. >> This bit isn't set in interrupt context. This is always used out of >> interrupt context and is just to prevent multiple setting changes at the >> same time. > > Oh. Can't use plain old mutex_lock()? We have one or two spots that actually check to see if the bit is set and just report a warning instead of actually waiting on the bit to clear. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/