netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/7] bnx2x: expose HW RX VLAN stripping toggle

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Message-ID: <20110831175120.739bd5c2@alice>
Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:51:20 +0200
From:	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
To:	"Vlad Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] bnx2x: expose HW RX VLAN stripping toggle

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:37:49 +0200 Michal Schmidt wrote:
> I could restore dev->features before
> returning if bnx2x_reload_if_running() fails.

Or even safer - restore them always:
	...
	u32 orig_features = dev->features;
	dev->features = features;
        ret = bnx2x_reload_if_running(dev);
        dev->features = orig_features;
        return ret;
	...
This way we don't have to assume anything about
__netdev_update_features().

Michal
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