Re: [PATCH 2/10] cxgb3 - main source file
From: Arjan van de Ven <hidden>
Date: 2006-12-20 14:02:29
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+/*
+ * Interrupt handler for asynchronous events used with MSI-X.
+ */
+static irqreturn_t t3_async_intr_handler(int irq, void *cookie)
+{
+ t3_slow_intr_handler(cookie);
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}this looks very wrong; why is t3_slow_intr_handler a void rather than returning IRQ_HANDLED etc? And why wrap around it ?
+
+static ssize_t attr_show(struct class_device *cd, char *buf,
+ ssize_t(*format) (struct adapter *, char *))
+{
+ ssize_t len;
+ struct adapter *adap = to_net_dev(cd)->priv;
+
+ /* Synchronize with ioctls that may shut down the device */
+ rtnl_lock();
+ len = (*format) (adap, buf);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+ return len;
+}I'm usually kind of nervous with drivers taking the rtnl_lock; to me that sounds like a layering violation.. why shouldn't your attributes etc live in the net layer instead?
+#ifdef ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR + .get_perm_addr = ethtool_op_get_perm_addr +#endif
what is this ifdef for?
+static int cxgb_extension_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
+{
+ int ret;
+ u32 cmd;
+ struct adapter *adapter = dev->priv;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&cmd, useraddr, sizeof(cmd)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ switch (cmd) {
+ case CHELSIO_SETREG:{what are these for ?
+ + /* + * Can't use pci_request_regions() here because some kernels want to + * request the MSI-X BAR in pci_enable_msix.
are these "some kernels" actual current mainline kernels?
+ if (!pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_64BIT_MASK)) {
+ pci_using_dac = 1;
+ err = pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_64BIT_MASK);
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to obtain 64-bit DMA for "
+ "coherent allocations\n");
+ goto out_release_regions;this looks wrong; if you can't get 64 bit coherent allocs but can get 32 bit ones.. why error out ? -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org