netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] drivers/net/wan/x25_asy: Correct the ndo_open and ndo

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Message-Id: <20200924.195314.1847234607417192488.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:53:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xie.he.0141@...il.com
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ms@....tdt.de,
        madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] drivers/net/wan/x25_asy: Correct the ndo_open
 and ndo_stop functions

From: Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:18:18 -0700

> 1.
> Move the lapb_register/lapb_unregister calls into the ndo_open/ndo_stop
> functions.
> This makes the LAPB protocol start/stop when the network interface
> starts/stops. When the network interface is down, the LAPB protocol
> shouldn't be running and the LAPB module shoudn't be generating control
> frames.
> 
> 2.
> Move netif_start_queue/netif_stop_queue into the ndo_open/ndo_stop
> functions.
> This makes the TX queue start/stop when the network interface
> starts/stops.
> (netif_stop_queue was originally in the ndo_stop function. But to make
> the code look better, I created a new function to use as ndo_stop, and
> made it call the original ndo_stop function. I moved netif_stop_queue
> from the original ndo_stop function to the new ndo_stop function.)
> 
> Cc: Martin Schiller <ms@....tdt.de>
> Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>

Applied, thank you.