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Message-Id: <20140507.161419.1323992216609425261.davem@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 16:14:19 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...hat.com> To: ajit.khaparde@...lex.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Poll for link status till 5s in ethtool diag test From: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...lex.com> Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 18:20:14 -0500 > After the loopback test is finished, > it takes a few seconds for link to come back up. > Poll for link status every 1 second interval for 5 seconds, only in cases > when the link was UP before PHY loopback test was issued. > > Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...lex.com> > Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...lex.com> This is really anti-social, because the RTNL semaphore is held during this entire call. You are potentially blocking any and all network configuration setting and fetches for up to 5 seconds. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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