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[next,S8,08/15] i40e: Fix comment for ethtool diagnostic link test

Message ID 1436571370-103673-8-git-send-email-catherine.sullivan@intel.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: Jeff Kirsher
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Catherine Sullivan July 10, 2015, 11:36 p.m. UTC 
From: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>

The existing comment is incorrect.  Add new comment to point out that the
PF reset does not affect link but if the reset is changed to a different
type that does affect link then the link test would need to be moved to
before the reset.

Reported-by: Jeremiah Kyle <jeremiah.kyle@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Change-ID: I28d786f46e9465860babdee61c1dba51016464df
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 74c16a1..62824f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -1626,11 +1626,13 @@  static void i40e_diag_test(struct net_device *netdev,
 			/* indicate we're in test mode */
 			dev_close(netdev);
 		else
+			/* This reset does not affect link - if it is
+			 * changed to a type of reset that does affect
+			 * link then the following link test would have
+			 * to be moved to before the reset
+			 */
 			i40e_do_reset(pf, BIT(__I40E_PF_RESET_REQUESTED));
 
-		/* Link test performed before hardware reset
-		 * so autoneg doesn't interfere with test result
-		 */
 		if (i40e_link_test(netdev, &data[I40E_ETH_TEST_LINK]))
 			eth_test->flags |= ETH_TEST_FL_FAILED;