On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 01:21:26PM +0530, MD Danish Anwar wrote: > On 13/08/25 12:14 pm, Yibo Dong wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 09:48:07PM +0530, Anwar, Md Danish wrote: > >> On 8/12/2025 3:09 PM, Dong Yibo wrote: > >>> Add build options and doc for mucse. > >>> Initialize pci device access for MUCSE devices. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Dong Yibo <dong100@xxxxxxxxx> > >>> --- > >>> .../device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst | 1 + > >>> .../device_drivers/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe.rst | 21 +++ > >>> MAINTAINERS | 8 + > >>> drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig | 1 + > >>> drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile | 1 + > >>> drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/Kconfig | 34 ++++ > >>> drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/Makefile | 7 + > >>> drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/Makefile | 8 + > >>> drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/rnpgbe.h | 25 +++ > >>> .../net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/rnpgbe_main.c | 161 ++++++++++++++++++ > >>> 10 files changed, 267 insertions(+) > >>> create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe.rst > >>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/Kconfig > >>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/Makefile > >>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/Makefile > >>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/rnpgbe.h > >>> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/mucse/rnpgbe/rnpgbe_main.c > >> > >> [ ... ] > >> > >>> + **/ > >>> +static int __init rnpgbe_init_module(void) > >>> +{ > >>> + int ret; > >>> + > >>> + ret = pci_register_driver(&rnpgbe_driver); > >>> + if (ret) > >>> + return ret; > >>> + > >>> + return 0; > >>> +} > >> > >> Unnecessary code - can be simplified to just `return > >> pci_register_driver(&rnpgbe_driver);` > >> > > > > Yes, but if I add some new codes which need some free after > > pci_register_driver failed, the new patch will be like this: > > > > -return pci_register_driver(&rnpgbe_driver); > > +int ret: > > +wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(rnpgbe_driver_name); > > +ret = pci_register_driver(&rnpgbe_driver); > > +if (ret) { > > + destroy_workqueue(wq); > > + return ret; > > +} > > +return 0; > > > > Is this ok? Maybe not good to delete code for adding new feature? > > This is what Andrew suggested not to do. > > > > In this patch series you are not modifying rnpgbe_init_module() again. > If you define a function as something in one patch and in later patches > you change it to something else - That is not encouraged, you should not > remove the code that you added in previous patches. > > However here throughout your series you are not modifying this function. > Now the diff that you are showing, I don't know when you plan to post > that but as far as this series is concerned this diff is not part of the > series. > > static int __init rnpgbe_init_module(void) > { > int ret; > > ret = pci_register_driver(&rnpgbe_driver); > if (ret) > return ret; > > return 0; > } > > This to me just seems unnecessary. You can just return > pci_register_driver() now and in future whenever you add other code you > can modify the function. > > It would have made sense for you to keep it as it is if some later > patch in your series would have modified it. > Ok, I got it, thanks. I will just return pci_register_driver(). > >>> + > >>> +module_init(rnpgbe_init_module); > >>> + > >>> +/** > >>> + * rnpgbe_exit_module - Driver remove routine > >>> + * > >>> + * rnpgbe_exit_module is called when driver is removed > >>> + **/ > >>> +static void __exit rnpgbe_exit_module(void) > >>> +{ > >>> + pci_unregister_driver(&rnpgbe_driver); > >>> +} > >>> + > >>> +module_exit(rnpgbe_exit_module); > >>> + > >>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, rnpgbe_pci_tbl); > >>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Mucse Corporation, <techsupport@xxxxxxxxx>"); > >>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Mucse(R) 1 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver"); > >>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks and Regards, > >> Md Danish Anwar > >> > >> > > > > Thanks for your feedback. > > -- > Thanks and Regards, > Danish > > Thanks for your feedback.