Re: [PATCH] qed: fix qed_fill_link() error handling

From: David Miller
Date: Tue May 31 2016 - 17:20:57 EST


From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 16:24:07 +0000

>> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_QED_SRIOV) && !IS_PF(hwfn->cdev)) {
>> + qed_vf_get_link_params(hwfn, params);
>> + qed_vf_get_link_state(hwfn, link);
>> + qed_vf_get_link_caps(hwfn, link_caps);
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> + }
>
> The IS_ENABLED here seems a bit wasteful to me - we have empty implementation
> under qed_vf.h just for this case [I.e., that SRIOV isn't enabled for qed].
> If all we're trying achieve is removing these gcc warnings, I think we can simply
> memset the structs in the currently-empty qed_vf_get_link_* functions.

I think both solutions are equally valid/elegant.

Arnd?