Re: [v7, net-next 05/10] bng_en: Initialise core resources

[Simon Horman]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 01:05:00AM +0530, Bhargava Marreddy wrote:
> Add initial settings to all core resources, such as
> the RX, AGG, TX, CQ, and NQ rings, as well as the VNIC.
> This will help enable these resources in future patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy <bhargava.marreddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula <rajashekar.hudumula@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c  | 213 ++++++++++++++++++
>  .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.h  |  50 ++++
>  .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_rmem.h    |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 264 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c

...

> +static int bnge_init_tx_rings(struct bnge_net *bn)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	bn->tx_wake_thresh = max_t(int, bn->tx_ring_size / 2,
> +				   BNGE_MIN_TX_DESC_CNT);

The use of max_t caught my eye.

And I'm curious to know why tx_wake_thresh is signed.
I don't see it used in this patchset other than
being set on the line above.

In any case, I expect that max() can be used instead of max_t() here.

> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < bn->bd->tx_nr_rings; i++) {
> +		struct bnge_tx_ring_info *txr = &bn->tx_ring[i];
> +		struct bnge_ring_struct *ring = &txr->tx_ring_struct;
> +
> +		ring->fw_ring_id = INVALID_HW_RING_ID;
> +
> +		netif_queue_set_napi(bn->netdev, i, NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_TX,
> +				     &txr->bnapi->napi);
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

...

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.h

...

> @@ -176,9 +212,19 @@ struct bnge_net {
>  	u16				*tx_ring_map;
>  	enum dma_data_direction		rx_dir;
>  
> +	/* grp_info indexed by napi/nq index */
> +	struct bnge_ring_grp_info	*grp_info;
>  	struct bnge_vnic_info		*vnic_info;
>  	int				nr_vnics;
>  	int				total_irqs;
> +
> +	int			tx_wake_thresh;
> +	u16			rx_offset;
> +	u16			rx_dma_offset;
> +
> +	u8			rss_hash_key[HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE];
> +	u8			rss_hash_key_valid:1;
> +	u8			rss_hash_key_updated:1;
>  };

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