Re: [PATCH net-next] net: gianfar: use alloc_ethdev_mqs

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 03:30:58PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> >From looking at git history, mqs was introduced after mq and after this
> code was written. Having said that, mqs can be used as there is already
> an RX queue variable in place. Not only that, mqs already sets the
> num_xx_queues members. No need to open code this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 6 +-----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
> index 3271de5844f8..7b47c7c49c08 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
> @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> -	*pdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(*priv), num_tx_qs);
> +	*pdev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(*priv), num_tx_qs, num_rx_qs);
>  	dev = *pdev;
>  	if (NULL == dev)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -679,10 +679,6 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
>  
>  	priv->mode = mode;
>  
> -	priv->num_tx_queues = num_tx_qs;
> -	netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, num_rx_qs);
> -	priv->num_rx_queues = num_rx_qs;

Please add to the commit message an explanation of why these two
assignments can be removed, because it is not obvious.

    Andrew

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