Re: [PATCHv2 2/4] ethtool: Call ethtool's get/set_settings callbacks with cleaned data

Ben Hutchings
2011-04-27T18:53:44Z

On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 11:34 -0700, David Decotigny wrote:
> This makes sure that when a driver calls the ethtool's
> get/set_settings() callback of another driver, the data passed to it
> is clean. This guarantees that speed_hi will be zeroed correctly if
> the called callback doesn't explicitely set it: we are sure we don't
> get a corrupted speed from the underlying driver. We also take care of
> setting the cmd field appropriately (ETHTOOL_GSET/SSET).
>
> This applies to dev_ethtool_get_settings(), which now makes sure it
> sets up that ethtool command parameter correctly before passing it to
> drivers. This also means that whoever calls dev_ethtool_get_settings()
> does not have to clean the ethtool command parameter. This function
> also becomes an exported symbol instead of an inline.
>
> All drivers visible to make allyesconfig under x86_64 have been
> updated.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@google.com>
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio.c
> index e85bf04..2e717a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mdio.c
> @@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ static u32 mdio45_get_an(const struct mdio_if_info *mdio, u16 addr)
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> *
> + * The @ecmd parameter is expected to have been cleared before calling
> + * mii_ethtool_gset().

Copy-pasta: should say mdio45_get_an() not mii_ethtool_gset().

[...]
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 3bbb4c2..36e57fb 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -4496,6 +4496,30 @@ void dev_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
> }
>
> /**
> + * dev_ethtool_get_settings - call device's ethtool::get_settings()
> + * @dev: device
> + * @cmd: memory area for ethtool_cmd::get_settings() result
> + *
> + * The cmd arg is initialized properly (cleared and
> + * ethtoo_cmd::cmd field set to ETHTOOL_GSET).

Typo: 'ethtoo_cmd' should be 'ethtool_cmd'.

> + * Return device's ethtool_cmd::get_settings() result value or
> + * -EOPNOTSUPP when device doesn't expose
> + * ethtool_cmd::get_settings() operation.
[...]

The operation is ethtool_ops::get_settings, not ethtool::get_settings or
ethtool_cmd::get_settings.

Other than that, this looks fine.

Ben.

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