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[net-next,v3] iavf: clarify VLAN add/delete log messages and lower log level

Message ID 20251107143051.2610996-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: Anthony Nguyen
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Series [net-next,v3] iavf: clarify VLAN add/delete log messages and lower log level | expand

Commit Message

ALOK TIWARI Nov. 7, 2025, 2:30 p.m. UTC
The current dev_warn messages for too many VLAN changes are confusing
and one place incorrectly references "add" instead of "delete" VLANs
due to copy-paste errors.

- Use dev_info instead of dev_warn to lower the log level.
- Rephrase the message to: "virtchnl: Too many VLAN [add|delete]
  ([v1|v2]) requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n".

Suggested-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
---
v1 -> v2
remove "\n" b/w message 
added vvfl and vvfl_v2 prefix
v2 -> v3
removed vvfl/vvfl_v2 prefix and using virtchnl:
prefix and (v1/v2) in the sentence suggested by Alex.
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Loktionov, Aleksandr Nov. 7, 2025, 3:13 p.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf
> Of Alok Tiwari
> Sent: Friday, November 7, 2025 3:30 PM
> To: Kitszel, Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>; Lobakin,
> Aleksander <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; andrew+netdev@lunn.ch; kuba@kernel.org;
> davem@davemloft.net; edumazet@google.com; pabeni@redhat.com;
> horms@kernel.org; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org;
> netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: alok.a.tiwarilinux@gmail.com; alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v3] iavf: clarify VLAN
> add/delete log messages and lower log level
> 
> The current dev_warn messages for too many VLAN changes are confusing
> and one place incorrectly references "add" instead of "delete" VLANs
> due to copy-paste errors.
> 
> - Use dev_info instead of dev_warn to lower the log level.
> - Rephrase the message to: "virtchnl: Too many VLAN [add|delete]
>   ([v1|v2]) requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n".
> 
> Suggested-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2
> remove "\n" b/w message
> added vvfl and vvfl_v2 prefix
> v2 -> v3
> removed vvfl/vvfl_v2 prefix and using virtchnl:
> prefix and (v1/v2) in the sentence suggested by Alex.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> index 34a422a4a29c..88156082a41d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> @@ -793,7 +793,8 @@ void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> 
>  		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id, count);
>  		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
> -			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN
> changes in one request\n");
> +			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
> +				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN add (v1)
> requests; splitting into
> +multiple messages to PF\n");
>  			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
>  				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id,
>  							   --count);
> @@ -838,7 +839,8 @@ void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> 
>  		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters, count);
>  		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
> -			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN
> changes in one request\n");
> +			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
> +				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN add (v2)
> requests; splitting into
> +multiple messages to PF\n");
>  			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
>  				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2,
> filters,
>  							   --count);
> @@ -941,7 +943,8 @@ void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> 
>  		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id, count);
>  		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
> -			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many delete
> VLAN changes in one request\n");
> +			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
> +				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN delete (v1)
> requests; splitting into
> +multiple messages to PF\n");
>  			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
>  				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id,
>  							   --count);
> @@ -987,7 +990,8 @@ void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> 
>  		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters, count);
>  		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
> -			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN
> changes in one request\n");
> +			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
> +				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN delete (v2)
> requests; splitting into
> +multiple messages to PF\n");
>  			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
>  				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2,
> filters,
>  							   --count);
> --
> 2.50.1

I'd recommend try to use dev_info_ratelimited() to keeps operators informed but protects dmesg from bursts;
But it's not a blocker.

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
index 34a422a4a29c..88156082a41d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
@@ -793,7 +793,8 @@  void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN add (v1) requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id,
 							   --count);
@@ -838,7 +839,8 @@  void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN add (v2) requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters,
 							   --count);
@@ -941,7 +943,8 @@  void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many delete VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN delete (v1) requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl, vlan_id,
 							   --count);
@@ -987,7 +990,8 @@  void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 		len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters, count);
 		if (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE) {
-			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Too many add VLAN changes in one request\n");
+			dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				 "virtchnl: Too many VLAN delete (v2) requests; splitting into multiple messages to PF\n");
 			while (len > IAVF_MAX_AQ_BUF_SIZE)
 				len = virtchnl_struct_size(vvfl_v2, filters,
 							   --count);