Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/5] bnxt_en: Refactor __bnxt_vf_reps_destroy().

From: Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:33:29 +0300

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 09:31:33AM -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 12:37 AM Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 08:18:14PM -0400, Michael Chan wrote:
> > > Add a new helper function __bnxt_free_one_vf_rep() to free one VF rep.
> > > We also reintialize the VF rep fields to proper initial values so that
> > > the function can be used without freeing the VF rep data structure.  This
> > > will be used in subsequent patches to free and recreate VF reps after
> > > error recovery.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Edwin Peer <[email-masked]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Sriharsha Basavapatna <[email-masked]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[email-masked]>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_vfr.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_vfr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_vfr.c
> > > index b5d6cd63bea7..a4ac11f5b0e5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_vfr.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_vfr.c
> > > @@ -288,6 +288,21 @@ void bnxt_vf_reps_open(struct bnxt *bp)
> > >               bnxt_vf_rep_open(bp->vf_reps[i]->dev);
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static void __bnxt_free_one_vf_rep(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_vf_rep *vf_rep)
> > > +{
> > > +     if (!vf_rep)
> > > +             return;
> >
> > How can it be NULL if you check that vf_rep != NULL when called to
> > __bnxt_free_one_vf_rep() ?
> >
> 
> For this patch, the if (!vf_rep) check here is redundant.  But it is
> needed in the next patch (patch 5) that calls this function from
> bnxt_vf_reps_free() in a different context.  Thanks.

So add it in the patch that needs it.

Thanks