netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/11] usbnet: usbnet: handle link change

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Message-ID: <CACVXFVMDGOuQ0=hWAWGixrSUwHBRE0D3778F0xJWFtQk-8HS9w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:27:18 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@....fi>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] usbnet: usbnet: handle link change

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Jussi Kivilinna
<jussi.kivilinna@....fi> wrote:
> On 11.04.2013 17:40, Ming Lei wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch set introduces usbnet_link_change() API and applies
>> it on all usbnet drivers, then handle the link change centrally
>> to stop bulk transfer when link becomes off and restart bulk
>> transfer when link becomes on.
>
> Should 'rndis_wlan' be changed to use this too?

If link detection of 'rndis_wlan' doesn't depend on
bulk transfer, it can benefit from the change. Otherwise,
it needn't the change, but the patch won't have side-effect
on 'rndis_wlan'.


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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