[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH S58 08/13] ice: remove unused struct member
Brelinski, TonyX
tonyx.brelinski at intel.com
Thu Apr 8 21:41:20 UTC 2021
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org> On Behalf Of
> Tony Nguyen
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 2:17 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH S58 08/13] ice: remove unused struct
> member
>
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg at intel.com>
>
> The only time you can ever have a rq_last_status is if a firmware event was
> somehow reporting a status on the receive queue, which are generally
> firmware initiated events or mailbox messages from a VF. Mostly this struct
> member was unused.
>
> Fix this problem by still printing the value of the field in a debug print, but
> don't store the value forever in a struct, potentially creating opportunities for
> callers to use the wrong struct member.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg at intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c | 6 +++---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Tested-by: Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski at intel.com> A Contingent Worker at Intel
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