Re: [PATCH iwl-next] iavf: Remove queue tracking fields from iavf_adminq_ring

From: Simon Horman
Date: Fri Nov 03 2023 - 13:09:37 EST


On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:39:32AM +0200, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> Fields 'head', 'tail', 'len', 'bah' and 'bal' in iavf_adminq_ring
> are used to store register offsets. These offsets are initialized
> and remains constant so there is no need to store them in the
> iavf_adminq_ring structure.
>
> Remove these fields from iavf_adminq_ring and use register offset
> constants instead. Remove iavf_adminq_init_regs() that originally
> stores these constants into these fields.
>
> Finally improve iavf_check_asq_alive() that assumes that
> non-zero value of hw->aq.asq.len indicates fully initialized
> AdminQ send queue. Replace it by check for non-zero value
> of field hw->aq.asq.count that is non-zero when the sending
> queue is initialized and is zeroed during shutdown of
> the queue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, this is a nice cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>

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