netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/7] usbnet: remove EVENT_DEV

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Message-Id: <201206130940.54817.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:40:54 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] usbnet: remove EVENT_DEV_OPEN flag

Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2012, 06:47:18 schrieb Ming Lei:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org> wrote:
> >> Am Dienstag, 12. Juni 2012, 03:19:42 schrieb Ming Lei:
> >>> EVENT_DEV_OPEN is introduced to mark if the interface is opened or
> >>> not, but we already have IFF_UP to handle it, so just
> >>> remove the flag and use IFF_UP.
> >>
> >> When is IFF_UP cleared? The flag is tested in usbnet_resume(),
> >
> > The flag is cleared just after usbnet_stop completes.
> 
> Looks we can use the below to replace EVENT_DEV_OPEN:
> 
>      (netif_running((dev)->net) && ((dev)->net->flags & IFF_UP))

That goes down a bit into the interna of the network code.
If we do this, please encapsulated and with a big fat comment.

	Regards
		Oliver
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