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Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:46:10 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S\. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFT] bridge: eliminate port_check workqueue

On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 10:55:55AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> This is what I was suggesting by getting rid of the work queue completely.
...
> --- bridge.orig/net/bridge/br_if.c	2007-02-21 10:22:46.000000000 -0800
> +++ bridge/net/bridge/br_if.c	2007-02-21 10:53:25.000000000 -0800
> @@ -77,26 +77,15 @@
>   * Called from work queue to allow for calling functions that
>   * might sleep (such as speed check), and to debounce.
>   */

What about this comment?

> -static void port_carrier_check(struct work_struct *work)
> +void br_port_carrier_check(struct net_bridge_port *p)

Of course my opinion shouldn't matter here, but it looks
like withdrawing (or giving up) to the older way. So I'm
not excited, but I trust there is a reason for this. 

Cheers,
Jarek P.
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