Re: [PATCH net-next 08/18] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: move generic VTU GetNext

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Thu Apr 27 2017 - 14:59:21 EST


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:53:26AM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Even though every switch model has a different way to access the VTU
> Data bits, the base implementation of the VTU GetNext operation remains
> the same: wait, write the first VID to iterate from, start the
> operation, and read the next VID.
>
> Move this generic implementation into global_vtu.c and abstract the

global1_vtu.c

> +int mv88e6xxx_g1_vtu_getnext(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip,
> + struct mv88e6xxx_vtu_entry *entry)
> +{
> + int err;
> +
> + err = mv88e6xxx_g1_vtu_op_wait(chip);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + /* Write the VID to iterate from only once */
> + if (!entry->valid) {
> + err = mv88e6xxx_g1_vtu_vid_write(chip, entry);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }

Please could you add a bigger comment. It is not clear why you write
it, when it is invalid. That just seems wrong, and needs a good
comment to explain why it is correct, more than what you currently
have as a comment.

Thanks
Andrew