netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4vf: Forcefully link up virtual interfaces

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Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:45:29 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ganeshgr@...lsio.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, leedom@...lsio.com, nirranjan@...lsio.com,
        indranil@...lsio.com, venkatesh@...lsio.com, arjun@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4vf: Forcefully link up virtual interfaces

From: Ganesh Goudar <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:36:53 +0530

> @@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ module_param(msi, int, 0644);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(msi, "whether to use MSI-X or MSI");
>  
>  /*
> + * Logic controls.
> + * ===============
> + */
> +
> +/* The Virtual Interfaces are connected to an internal switch on the chip
> + * which allows VIs attached to the same port to talk to each other even when
> + * the port link is down.  As a result, we generally want to always report a
> + * VI's link as being "up".
> + */
> +#define force_link_up 1

Please don't do this, just perform the actions unconditionally.