netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/1] net: fec: Enable imx6 enet checksum acceleration.

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Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:31:52 -0300
From:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:	Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Frank Li <Frank.Li@...escale.com>,
	Fugang Duan <B38611@...escale.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/1] net: fec: Enable imx6 enet checksum acceleration.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@...tor.com> wrote:
> Thank you for you comments, I will fix the issues.
> One question below:
>
> On 17/04/13 23:45, Francois Romieu wrote:
>>> +static int fec_set_features(struct net_device *netdev,
>>> +    netdev_features_t features)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(netdev);
>>> +    netdev_features_t changed = features ^ netdev->features;
>>> +    bool restart_required = false;
>>> +
>>> +    netdev->features = features;
>>> +
>>> +    /* Receive checksum has been changed */
>>> +    if (changed & NETIF_F_RXCSUM) {
>>> +            restart_required = true;
>>> +            if (features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM)
>>> +                    fep->csum_flags |= FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
>>> +            else
>>> +                    fep->csum_flags &= ~FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
>>
>> ---(snip)----8<------------------------------------------------
>>
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>> +    /* Restart the network interface */
>>> +    if (true == restart_required) {
>>
>> ---(snip)--------------------------------------->8-------------
>>
>> Then remove the "restart_required" variable ?
>>
> What you mean by remove the "restart_required" variable, I only want a
> restart in certain situations? Am I misunderstanding you comment?

I think he meant to use:

  /* Restart the network interface */
  if (restart_required) {
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