On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:48:50 +0300 Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com> wrote:
> On 07/14/2017 09:30 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > Use the new API (_rte_eth_link_update) to handle link status update. > > ALso fixes a bug where this driver was not returning -1 when link status > > changed. > > It is really good that you raise it, since: > - as far as I can see the return value of the link_update is never used > - return value is not described and it is unclear what is meant by "link > status changed" since initial point is unspecified > > We have interpreted link status change as change in data->dev_link > made in the current execution flow, but not in parallel execution flow. All drivers must do the same thing. Private interpretation is not good.
