linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net/x25: support NETDEV

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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:30:24 +0100
From:   Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>
To:     Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Linux X25 <linux-x25@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net/x25: support NETDEV_CHANGE notifier

On 2020-11-17 12:41, Xie He wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 6:00 AM Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de> wrote:
>> 
>> This makes it possible to handle carrier lost and detection.
>> In case of carrier lost, we shutdown layer 3 and flush all sessions.
>> 
>> @@ -275,6 +275,19 @@ static int x25_device_event(struct notifier_block 
>> *this, unsigned long event,
>>                                  dev->name);
>>                         x25_link_device_remove(dev);
>>                         break;
>> +               case NETDEV_CHANGE:
>> +                       pr_debug("X.25: got event NETDEV_CHANGE for 
>> device: %s\n",
>> +                                dev->name);
>> +                       if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
>> +                               pr_debug("X.25: Carrier lost -> set 
>> link state down: %s\n",
>> +                                        dev->name);
>> +                               nb = x25_get_neigh(dev);
>> +                               if (nb) {
>> +                                       x25_link_terminated(nb);
>> +                                       x25_neigh_put(nb);
>> +                               }
>> +                       }
>> +                       break;
>>                 }
>>         }
> 
> I think L2 will notify L3 if the L2 connection is terminated. Is this
> patch necessary?

Hmm... well I guess you're right. Admittedly, these patches were made
about 7 - 8 years ago and I have to keep thinking about them.
But I can't think of any situation where this patch should be necessary
at the moment.

I will drop this patch from the patch-set.