Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Make PTP timestamp HWRM more silent

[Pavan Chebbi]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 7:11 PM Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> commit 056bce63c469 ("bnxt_en: Make PTP TX timestamp HWRM query silent")
> changed a netdev_err() to netdev_WARN_ONCE().
>
> netdev_WARN_ONCE() is it generates a kernel WARNING, which is bad, for
> the following reasons:
>
>  * You do not a kernel warning if the firmware queries are late
>  * In busy networks, timestamp query failures fairly regularly
>  * A WARNING message doesn't bring much value, since the code path
> is clear.
> (This was discussed in-depth in [1])
>
> Transform the netdev_WARN_ONCE() into a netdev_warn_once(), and print a
> more well-behaved message, instead of a full WARN().
>
>         bnxt_en 0000:67:00.0 eth0: TS query for TX timer failed rc = fffffff5
>
> [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZbDj%2FFI4EJezcfd1@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM, however, you may still need to add a proper fixes tag.

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