netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: Fix usage of netif_*_all_queues() with netif_carrier

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Message-Id: <20090119.165530.190679813.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:55:30 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: Fix usage of netif_*_all_queues() with
 netif_carrier_{off|on}()

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:11:47 -0800

> netif_carrier_off() is sufficient to stop Tx into the driver.  Stopping the Tx
> queues is redundant and unnecessary.  By the same token, netif_carrier_on()
> will be sufficient to re-enable Tx, so waking the queues is unnecessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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