i40e: Fix comment for ethtool diagnostic link test
authorGreg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Fri, 10 Jul 2015 23:36:03 +0000 (19:36 -0400)
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:58:26 +0000 (14:58 -0700)
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.

Change-ID: I28d786f46e9465860babdee61c1dba51016464df
Reported-by: Jeremiah Kyle <jeremiah.kyle@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c

index 74c16a185158836103a780863b94ffcf9146f3ab..62824f5c82669877154850bd236f5fd2ec557f3c 100644 (file)
@@ -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;