IFF_DRV_OACTIVE handling in *_stop() for intel nic drivers ?
Luigi Rizzo
rizzo at iet.unipi.it
Sat Dec 14 01:20:19 UTC 2013
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 06:08:55PM -0600, Mike Karels wrote:
> > ... OACTIVE by design is racy. We should just not be using it in newer drivers.
>
> > I think the correct thing to do is to just plain ignore setting it ever.
>
> I agree; OACTIVE is totally obsolete for drivers that use if_transmit,
> and not particularly useful for other drivers. It might be time to remove
> OACTIVE, or define it to be 0. (And I added the original IFF_OACTIVE).
ok thanks for the clarification
luigi
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