netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] pktgen: check for link down

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:55:43 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Robert Olsson <robert@...julf.net>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <jdb@...x.dk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pktgen: check for link down

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:18:44 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:

> If cable is pulled, pktgen shouldn't continue slamming packets into the
> device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> --- a/net/core/pktgen.c	2009-09-19 11:20:55.546463176 -0700
> +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c	2009-09-19 11:22:44.810509240 -0700
> @@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ static int pktgen_setup_dev(struct pktge
>  	if (odev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "pktgen: not an ethernet device: \"%s\"\n", ifname);
>  		err = -EINVAL;
> -	} else if (!netif_running(odev)) {
> +	} else if (!netif_running(odev) || !netif_carrier_ok(odev)) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "pktgen: device is down: \"%s\"\n", ifname);
>  		err = -ENETDOWN;
>  	} else {
> @@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ static void pktgen_xmit(struct pktgen_de
>  	/* Did we saturate the queue already? */
>  	if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq) || netif_tx_queue_frozen(txq)) {
>  		/* If device is down, then all queues are permnantly frozen */
> -		if (netif_running(odev))
> +		if (netif_running(odev) && netif_carrier_ok(odev))
>  			idle(pkt_dev);
>  		else
>  			pktgen_stop_device(pkt_dev);

You can hold off on these two patches, I have better version
which fixes some other issues. But testing time is limited this week.
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