From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
Cc: "Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
"Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Richard Cochran" <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
"Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Nicolas Ferre" <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
"Claudiu Beznea" <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
"Paolo Valerio" <pvalerio@redhat.com>,
"Nicolai Buchwitz" <nb@tipi-net.de>,
"Vladimir Kondratiev" <vladimir.kondratiev@mobileye.com>,
"Gregory CLEMENT" <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>,
"Benoît Monin" <benoit.monin@bootlin.com>,
"Tawfik Bayouk" <tawfik.bayouk@mobileye.com>,
"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
"Maxime Chevallier" <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 04/15] net: macb: unify queue index variable naming convention and types
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 12:34:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260703-monogram-unable-2eaeaf79676f@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701-macb-context-v3-4-00268d5b1502@bootlin.com>
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 05:59:07PM +0200, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> Variables are named q or queue_index. Types are int, unsigned int, u32
> and u16. Use `unsigned int q` everywhere.
>
> Skip over taprio functions. They use `u8 queue_id` which fits with the
> `struct macb_queue_enst_config` field. Using `queue_id` everywhere
> would be too verbose.
I'm not sure that I agree about the verbosity, and "q" isn't a letter I
would naturally associate with indexing, in the way ijk etc are. Perhaps
in netdev it is a natural choice however?
Conor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> index 86c0e9ccbfce..3b75797381b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static void gem_shuffle_tx_one_ring(struct macb_queue *queue)
> static void gem_shuffle_tx_rings(struct macb *bp)
> {
> struct macb_queue *queue;
> - int q;
> + unsigned int q;
>
> for (q = 0, queue = bp->queues; q < bp->num_queues; q++, queue++)
> gem_shuffle_tx_one_ring(queue);
> @@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
> tx_error_task);
> bool halt_timeout = false;
> struct macb *bp = queue->bp;
> - u32 queue_index;
> + unsigned int q;
> u32 packets = 0;
> u32 bytes = 0;
> struct macb_tx_skb *tx_skb;
> @@ -1267,9 +1267,9 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
> unsigned int tail;
> unsigned long flags;
>
> - queue_index = queue - bp->queues;
> + q = queue - bp->queues;
> netdev_vdbg(bp->netdev, "macb_tx_error_task: q = %u, t = %u, h = %u\n",
> - queue_index, queue->tx_tail, queue->tx_head);
> + q, queue->tx_tail, queue->tx_head);
>
> /* Prevent the queue NAPI TX poll from running, as it calls
> * macb_tx_complete(), which in turn may call netif_wake_subqueue().
> @@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
> macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0);
> }
>
> - netdev_tx_completed_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->netdev, queue_index),
> + netdev_tx_completed_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->netdev, q),
> packets, bytes);
>
> /* Set end of TX queue */
> @@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static bool ptp_one_step_sync(struct sk_buff *skb)
> static int macb_tx_complete(struct macb_queue *queue, int budget)
> {
> struct macb *bp = queue->bp;
> - u16 queue_index = queue - bp->queues;
> + unsigned int q = queue - bp->queues;
> unsigned long flags;
> unsigned int tail;
> unsigned int head;
> @@ -1469,14 +1469,14 @@ static int macb_tx_complete(struct macb_queue *queue, int budget)
> }
> }
>
> - netdev_tx_completed_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->netdev, queue_index),
> + netdev_tx_completed_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->netdev, q),
> packets, bytes);
>
> queue->tx_tail = tail;
> - if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(bp->netdev, queue_index) &&
> + if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(bp->netdev, q) &&
> CIRC_CNT(queue->tx_head, queue->tx_tail,
> bp->tx_ring_size) <= MACB_TX_WAKEUP_THRESH(bp))
> - netif_wake_subqueue(bp->netdev, queue_index);
> + netif_wake_subqueue(bp->netdev, q);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->tx_ptr_lock, flags);
>
> if (packets)
> @@ -2470,10 +2470,10 @@ static int macb_pad_and_fcs(struct sk_buff **skb, struct net_device *netdev)
> static netdev_tx_t macb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct net_device *netdev)
> {
> - u16 queue_index = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
> struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(netdev);
> - struct macb_queue *queue = &bp->queues[queue_index];
> + unsigned int q = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
> unsigned int desc_cnt, nr_frags, frag_size, f;
> + struct macb_queue *queue = &bp->queues[q];
> unsigned int hdrlen;
> unsigned long flags;
> bool is_lso;
> @@ -2512,8 +2512,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t macb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>
> #if defined(DEBUG) && defined(VERBOSE_DEBUG)
> netdev_vdbg(bp->netdev,
> - "start_xmit: queue %hu len %u head %p data %p tail %p end %p\n",
> - queue_index, skb->len, skb->head, skb->data,
> + "start_xmit: queue %u len %u head %p data %p tail %p end %p\n",
> + q, skb->len, skb->head, skb->data,
> skb_tail_pointer(skb), skb_end_pointer(skb));
> print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "data: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
> skb->data, 16, true);
> @@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t macb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> /* This is a hard error, log it. */
> if (CIRC_SPACE(queue->tx_head, queue->tx_tail,
> bp->tx_ring_size) < desc_cnt) {
> - netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, queue_index);
> + netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, q);
> netdev_dbg(netdev, "tx_head = %u, tx_tail = %u\n",
> queue->tx_head, queue->tx_tail);
> ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
> @@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t macb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> /* Make newly initialized descriptor visible to hardware */
> wmb();
> skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
> - netdev_tx_sent_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->netdev, queue_index),
> + netdev_tx_sent_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(bp->netdev, q),
> skb->len);
>
> spin_lock(&bp->lock);
> @@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t macb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> spin_unlock(&bp->lock);
>
> if (CIRC_SPACE(queue->tx_head, queue->tx_tail, bp->tx_ring_size) < 1)
> - netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, queue_index);
> + netif_stop_subqueue(netdev, q);
>
> unlock:
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->tx_ptr_lock, flags);
>
> --
> 2.55.0
>
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-01 15:59 [PATCH net-next v3 00/15] net: macb: implement context swapping Théo Lebrun
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 01/15] net: macb: drop "consistent" from alloc/free function names Théo Lebrun
2026-07-02 10:41 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-07-03 11:28 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-03 16:32 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-07-03 16:34 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 02/15] net: macb: unify device pointer naming convention Théo Lebrun
2026-07-03 11:29 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 03/15] net: macb: unify variable naming convention in at91ether functions Théo Lebrun
2026-07-02 10:42 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-07-03 11:30 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 04/15] net: macb: unify queue index variable naming convention and types Théo Lebrun
2026-07-02 10:43 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-07-03 11:34 ` Conor Dooley [this message]
2026-07-03 17:10 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 05/15] net: macb: enforce reverse christmas tree (RCT) convention Théo Lebrun
2026-07-02 10:48 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-07-03 11:35 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 06/15] net: macb: allocate tieoff descriptor once across device lifetime Théo Lebrun
2026-07-02 10:54 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 07/15] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management Théo Lebrun
2026-07-03 11:39 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 08/15] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state Théo Lebrun
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 09/15] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct Théo Lebrun
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 10/15] net: macb: change caps helpers signatures Théo Lebrun
2026-07-03 11:43 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 11/15] net: macb: change function signatures to take contexts Théo Lebrun
2026-07-03 11:45 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 12/15] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper Théo Lebrun
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 13/15] net: macb: re-read ISR inside IRQ handler locked section Théo Lebrun
2026-07-03 12:09 ` Conor Dooley
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 14/15] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam() Théo Lebrun
2026-07-02 10:37 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-07-01 15:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 15/15] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu() Théo Lebrun
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