Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/9] octeon_ep: poll for control messages

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 04:46:31AM +0000, Veerasenareddy Burru wrote:
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> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 03:44:30PM +0000, Veerasenareddy Burru wrote:
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> > > > Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/9] octeon_ep: poll for
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> > > > -- On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 05:09:25AM -0800, Veerasenareddy Burru
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Poll for control messages until interrupts are enabled.
> > > > > All the interrupts are enabled in ndo_open().
> > > >
> > > > So what are you saying if I have your device and didn't enable
> > > > network device, you will poll forever?
> > > Yes, Leon. It will poll periodically until network interface is enabled.
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> > I don't know if it is acceptable behaviour in netdev, but it doesn't sound right
> > to me. What type of control messages will be sent by FW, which PF should
> > listen to them?
> > 
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> These messages include periodic keep alive (heartbeat) messages from FW and control messages from VFs.
> Every PF will be listening for its own control messages.

@netdev, as I said, I don't know if it is valid behaviour in netdev.
Can you please comment?

Thanks