Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net: macb: implement ethtool_ops.get|set_channels()

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 22:38:45 EST


On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:19:08 +0100 Théo Lebrun wrote:
> +static int macb_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
> + struct ethtool_channels *ch)
> +{
> + struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(netdev);
> + unsigned int old_count = bp->num_queues;
> + unsigned int count = ch->combined_count;
> + int ret;
> +
> + /*
> + * MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE means that the field QUEUE_DISABLE/BIT0 in
> + * the per-queue RBQP register disables queue Rx. If we don't have that
> + * capability we can have multiple queues but we must always run with
> + * all enabled.
> + */
> + if (!(bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_QUEUE_DISABLE))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> + /*
> + * An ideal .set_channels() implementation uses upfront allocated
> + * resources and swaps them in, bringing reliability under memory
> + * pressure. However, here we implement it for memory savings in
> + * setups with less than max number of queues active.
> + *
> + * Signal it by refusing .set_channels() once interface is opened.
> + */
> + if (netif_running(bp->dev))
> + return -EBUSY;
> +
> + ret = netif_set_real_num_queues(bp->dev, count, count);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + bp->num_queues = count;
> + return 0;
> +}

Looks like some left over here:

drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:4173:15: warning: unused variable 'old_count' [-Wunused-variable]
4173 | unsigned int old_count = bp->num_queues;
| ^~~~~~~~~