Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: debug ATU Age Time

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Mar 13 2017 - 18:39:55 EST


On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 03:20:43PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> The ATU ageing time value programmed in the switch is rounded up to the
> nearest multiple of its coefficient (variable depending on the model.)
>
> Add a debug message to inform the user about the exact programmed value.
>
> On 6352, "brctl setageing br0 18" gives "AgeTime set to 0x01 (15000 ms)"
> while on 6390 we get "AgeTime set to 0x05 (18750 ms)".
>
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/global1_atu.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/global1_atu.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/global1_atu.c
> index f6cd3c939da4..bac34737b096 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/global1_atu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/global1_atu.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ int mv88e6xxx_g1_atu_set_age_time(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip,
> val &= ~0xff0;
> val |= age_time << 4;
>
> - return mv88e6xxx_g1_write(chip, GLOBAL_ATU_CONTROL, val);
> + err = mv88e6xxx_g1_write(chip, GLOBAL_ATU_CONTROL, val);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + dev_dbg(chip->dev, "AgeTime set to 0x%02x (%d ms)\n", age_time,
> + age_time * coeff);
> +

Hi Vivien

You could put the dev_dbg before the mv88e6xxx_g1_write(), to keep the
code simpler. If this write fails, we expect a lot of other things to
go horribly wrong, so having one debug message being not quite accurate
is not important.

Andrew