[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next] iavf: Remove queue tracking fields from iavf_adminq_ring

[Romanowski, Rafal]

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> Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next] iavf: Remove queue tracking
> fields from iavf_adminq_ring
> 
> 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 at redhat.com>
> 
> Thanks, this is a nice cleanup.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms at kernel.org>
> 
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