Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bnxt: use ethtool string helpers

[Rosen Penev]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 1:26 PM Michael Chan <michael.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 7:29 PM Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Avoids having to use manual pointer manipulation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 110 ++++++++----------
> >  1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > index f71cc8188b4e..84d468ad3c8e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
> > @@ -713,18 +713,17 @@ static void bnxt_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *buf)
> >                 for (i = 0; i < bp->cp_nr_rings; i++) {
> >                         if (is_rx_ring(bp, i)) {
> >                                 num_str = NUM_RING_RX_HW_STATS;
> > -                               for (j = 0; j < num_str; j++) {
> > -                                       sprintf(buf, "[%d]: %s", i,
> > +                               for (j = 0; j < num_str; j++)
> > +                                       ethtool_sprintf(
> > +                                               &buf, "[%d]: %s", i,
>
> If you combine this line with the line above, I think it will look better:
>
> ethtool_sprintf(&buf, "[%d]: %s", i,
>
> checkpatch.pl may warn because the next line won't line up, but I
> think it will look better and it reduces the number of lines.  The
> same comment applies to other similar spots in the patch.  Thanks.
I use git-clang-format for this stuff.

The only real way to satisfy everything is to use a temporary variable like

for (i = 0; i < BNXT_NUM_PORT_STATS; i++) {
  const char *str = bnxt_port_stats_arr[i].string;

  ethtool_puts(&buf, str);
  }

to make everything small.
>
> >                                                 bnxt_ring_rx_stats_str[j]);
> > -                                       buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
> > -                               }