Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: dsa: realtek: rtl8365mb: remove port_mask private data member

[Alvin Šipraga]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 10:34:38AM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> > There is no real need for this variable: the line change interrupt mask
> > is sufficiently masked out when getting linkup_ind and linkdown_ind in
> > the interrupt handler.
> 
> Yes, it was currently useless as well as priv->num_ports (it is a constant).
> 
> I wonder if we should really create irq threads for unused ports
> (!dsa_is_unused_port()). Some models have only 2+1 ports and we are
> always dealing with 10/11 ports.
> If dsa_is_unused_port() is too costly to be used everywhere, we could
> keep port_mask and iterate over it (for_each_set_bit) instead of from
> 0 til priv->num_ports-1.

Seems like premature optimization, I prefer to keep it simple.

Kind regards,
Alvin