Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v5 1/6] octeontx2: Set appropriate PF, VF masks and shifts based on silicon

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 18:38:24 -0800

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 19:38:16 +0530 Sai Krishna wrote:
> -#define RVU_PFVF_PF_SHIFT	10
> -#define RVU_PFVF_PF_MASK	0x3F
> -#define RVU_PFVF_FUNC_SHIFT	0
> -#define RVU_PFVF_FUNC_MASK	0x3FF
> +#define RVU_PFVF_PF_SHIFT	rvu_pcifunc_pf_shift
> +#define RVU_PFVF_PF_MASK	rvu_pcifunc_pf_mask
> +#define RVU_PFVF_FUNC_SHIFT	rvu_pcifunc_func_shift
> +#define RVU_PFVF_FUNC_MASK	rvu_pcifunc_func_mask

Why do you maintain these defines? Looks like an unnecessary
indirection.

Given these are simple mask and shift values they probably have trivial
users. Start by adding helpers which perform the conversions using
those, then you can more easily update constants.