RE: [PATCH] i40e: Remove useless DMA-32 fallback configuration

[G, GurucharanX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2022 11:00 PM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Christoph Hellwig
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> Subject: [PATCH] i40e: Remove useless DMA-32 fallback configuration
> 
> As stated in [1], dma_set_mask() with a 64-bit mask never fails if
> dev->dma_mask is non-NULL.
> So, if it fails, the 32 bits case will also fail for the same reason.
> 
> Simplify code and remove some dead code accordingly.
> 
> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/7/398
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@xxxxxxxxx> (A Contingent worker at Intel)