Re: [PATCH net-next V3 01/15] net/mlx5e: Generalize TC <-> IPsec mutual exclusion

[Daniel Zahka]

On Thu Sep 3, 2026 at 4:52 AM EDT, Tariq Toukan wrote:
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH
> -static int mlx5e_ipsec_block_tc_offload(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
> -{
> -	struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = mdev->priv.eswitch;
> -	int err = 0;
> -
> -	if (esw) {
> -		err = mlx5_esw_lock(esw);

This appears to the last caller of mlx5_esw_lock(), so the function will
be dead code after this patch.

> -		if (err)
> -			return err;
> -	}
> -
> -	if (mdev->num_block_ipsec) {
> -		err = -EBUSY;
> -		goto unlock;
> -	}
> -
> -	mdev->num_block_tc++;
> -
> -unlock:
> -	if (esw)
> -		mlx5_esw_unlock(esw);
> -
> -	return err;
> -}