RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v7 06/14] idpf: remove 'vport_params_reqd' field

[Loktionov, Aleksandr]

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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v7 06/14] idpf: remove
> 'vport_params_reqd' field
> 
> From: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> While sending a create vport message to the device control plane, a
> create vport virtchnl message is prepared with all the required info
> to initialize the vport. This info is stored in the adapter struct but
> never used thereafter. So, remove the said field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Samuel Salin <Samuel.salin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h        |  2 --
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c    |  2 --
>  .../net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c   | 30 +++++++-----------
> -
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> index 3a3dc9892d16..0d08f51be7e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
> @@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ struct idpf_vc_xn_manager;
>   * @avail_queues: Device given queue limits
>   * @vports: Array to store vports created by the driver
>   * @netdevs: Associated Vport netdevs

...

> 
>  	adapter->vport_ids = kcalloc(num_max_vports, sizeof(u32),
> GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!adapter->vport_ids)
> --
> 2.47.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>