netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: dev: replace state xoff flag comparison by netif_xmit

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:56:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jcfaracco@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: core: dev: replace state xoff flag
 comparison by netif_xmit_stopped method

From: jcfaracco@...il.com
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:57:29 -0300

> From: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco@...il.com>
> 
> Function netif_schedule_queue() has a hardcoded comparison between queue
> state and any xoff flag. This comparison does the same thing as method
> netif_xmit_stopped(). In terms of code clarity, it is better. See other
> methods like: generic_xdp_tx() and dev_direct_xmit().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco@...il.com>

net-next is closed, please resubmit when the net-next tree opens back up.

Thank you.