RE: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Eliminate CONFIG_NR_CPUS dependency in dpaa-eth and enable COMPILE_TEST in fsl_qbman

From: Madalin Bucur (OSS)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2024 - 09:25:58 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 2:00 AM
> To: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet
> <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni
> <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>; Herbert Xu
> <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@xxxxxxx>;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Eliminate CONFIG_NR_CPUS dependency in dpaa-
> eth and enable COMPILE_TEST in fsl_qbman
>
> Breno's previous attempt at enabling COMPILE_TEST for the fsl_qbman
> driver (now included here as patch 5/5) triggered compilation warnings
> for large CONFIG_NR_CPUS values:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/202406261920.l5pzM1rj-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> Patch 1/5 switches two NR_CPUS arrays in the dpaa-eth driver to dynamic
> allocation to avoid that warning. There is more NR_CPUS usage in the
> fsl-qbman driver, but that looks relatively harmless and I couldn't find
> a good reason to change it.
>
> I noticed, while testing, that the driver doesn't actually work properly
> with high CONFIG_NR_CPUS values, and patch 2/5 addresses that.
>
> During code analysis, I have identified two places which treat
> conditions that can never happen. Patches 4/5 and 5/5 simplify the
> probing code - dpaa_fq_setup() - just a little bit.
>
> Finally we have at 5/5 the patch that triggered all of this. There is
> an okay from Herbert to take it via netdev, despite it being on soc/qbman:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/Zns%2FeVVBc7pdv0yM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Breno Leitao (1):
> soc: fsl: qbman: FSL_DPAA depends on COMPILE_TEST
>
> Vladimir Oltean (4):
> net: dpaa: avoid on-stack arrays of NR_CPUS elements
> net: dpaa: eliminate NR_CPUS dependency in egress_fqs[] and conf_fqs[]
> net: dpaa: stop ignoring TX queues past the number of CPUs
> net: dpaa: no need to make sure all CPUs receive a corresponding Tx
> queue
>
> .../net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c | 72 +++++++++++--------
> .../net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.h | 20 ++++--
> .../ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_ethtool.c | 10 ++-
> drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.34.1


For the series,

Acked-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Madalin