netdev - Re: [patch net-next-2.6 1/2] net: allow to change carrier via sysfs

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Date:	Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:19:26 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next-2.6 1/2] net: allow to change carrier via sysfs

Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 05:14:22PM CEST, bhutchings@...arflare.com wrote:
>On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 16:46 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Allow to write to "carrier" attribute. Devices may implement ndo_change_carrier
>> callback to allow changing carrier from userspace.
>[...]
>> diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
>> index 56e42ab..c8f2ca4 100644
>> --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
>> +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
>> @@ -126,6 +126,30 @@ static ssize_t show_broadcast(struct device *dev,
>>  	return -EINVAL;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static ssize_t store_carrier(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>> +			     const char *buf, size_t len)
>> +{
>> +	struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
>> +	ssize_t ret;
>> +	int new_value;
>> +
>> +	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
>> +		return -EPERM;
>> +
>> +	if (!netif_running(netdev))
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>
>Not sure that's the right error code.

I stayed consistent with show_carrier in this.

>
>> +	if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>
>kstrtoint()

Okay.

>
>(Or maybe we should have kstrobool().)
>
>> +	if (!rtnl_trylock())
>> +		return restart_syscall();
>[...]
>
>This is consistent with other attributes, but it seems like a really bad
>practice as it will generally result in the process busy-waiting on the
>RTNL lock!  I think it would be better to add and use an
>rtnl_lock_interruptible().

Right. But as you said, this is the same as with others. I would replace
this in another patch.

>
>Ben.
>
>-- 
>Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
>Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
>They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
>
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