netdev - Re: [net-next 2/7] ixgbe: Indicate removal state explicitly

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jan 2014 00:37:21 -0800
From:	Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
To:	Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, gospo@...hat.com,
	sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 2/7] ixgbe: Indicate removal state explicitly


On Jan 7, 2014, at 11:40 PM, Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
> 
> Add a bit, __IXGBE_REMOVE, to indicate that the module is being
> removed. The __IXGBE_DOWN bit had been overloaded for this purpose,
> but that leads to trouble. A few places now check both __IXGBE_DOWN
> and __IXGBE_REMOVE. Notably, setting either bit will prevent service
> task execution.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h      |  1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> index 49531cd..8da263a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
> @@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ enum ixgbe_state_t {
> 	__IXGBE_TESTING,
> 	__IXGBE_RESETTING,
> 	__IXGBE_DOWN,
> +	__IXGBE_REMOVE,

__IXGBE_REMOVING?  More consistent with _TESTING, _RESETTING, etc.--
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