Re: [PATCH v3 05/20] RDMA/irdma: Add driver framework definitions

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 01:40:27AM +0000, Saleem, Shiraz wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/20] RDMA/irdma: Add driver framework definitions

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> >
> > > +		ldev->ops->reg_for_notification(ldev, &events);
> > > +	dev_info(rfdev_to_dev(dev), "IRDMA VSI Open Successful");
> >
> > Lets not do this kind of logging..
> >
>
> There is some dev_info which should be cleaned up to dev_dbg.
> But logging this info is useful to know that this functions VSI (and associated ibdev)
> is up and reading for RDMA traffic.
> Is info logging to be avoided altogether?

Will function tracer (ftrace) output be sufficient here?
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/trace/ftrace.html

>
> > > +static void irdma_close(struct iidc_peer_dev *ldev, enum
> > > +iidc_close_reason reason) {
> > > +	struct irdma_device *iwdev;
> > > +	struct irdma_pci_f *rf;
> > > +
> > > +	iwdev = irdma_get_device(ldev->netdev);
> > > +	if (!iwdev)
> > > +		return;
> > > +
> > > +	irdma_put_device(iwdev);
> > > +	rf = iwdev->rf;
> > > +	if (reason == IIDC_REASON_GLOBR_REQ || reason ==
> > IIDC_REASON_CORER_REQ ||
> > > +	    reason == IIDC_REASON_PFR_REQ || rf->reset) {
> > > +		iwdev->reset = true;
> > > +		rf->reset = true;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	if (iwdev->init_state >= CEQ0_CREATED)
> > > +		irdma_deinit_rt_device(iwdev);
> > > +
> > > +	kfree(iwdev);
> >
> > Mixing put and kfree? So confusing. Why are there so many structs and so much
> > indirection? Very hard to understand if this is right or not.
>
> This does look weird. I think the irdma_get_device() was here
> just to get to iwdev. And put_device is releasing the refcnt immediately.
> Since we are in a VSI close(), we should not need to take refcnt on ibdev
> and just deregister it. Will fix this.
>
> >
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..b418e76a3302
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,630 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or Linux-OpenIB
> > > +/* Copyright (c) 2015 - 2019 Intel Corporation */ #include "main.h"
> > > +
> > > +/* Legacy i40iw module parameters */
> > > +static int resource_profile;
> > > +module_param(resource_profile, int, 0644);
> > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(resource_profile, "Resource Profile: 0=PF only,
> > > +1=Weighted VF, 2=Even Distribution");
> > > +
> > > +static int max_rdma_vfs = 32;
> > > +module_param(max_rdma_vfs, int, 0644);
> > MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_rdma_vfs,
> > > +"Maximum VF count: 0-32 32=default");
> > > +
> > > +static int mpa_version = 2;
> > > +module_param(mpa_version, int, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(mpa_version,
> > > +"MPA version: deprecated parameter");
> > > +
> > > +static int push_mode;
> > > +module_param(push_mode, int, 0644);
> > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(push_mode, "Low latency mode: deprecated
> > > +parameter");
> > > +
> > > +static int debug;
> > > +module_param(debug, int, 0644);
> > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug flags: deprecated parameter");
> >
> > Generally no to module parameters
>
> Agree. But these are module params that existed in i40iw.
> And irdma replaces i40iw and has a module alias
> for it.

Maybe use this opportunity and ditch "deprecated" module parameters?

Thanks