netdev - Re: What is the purpose of dev->gflags?

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Message-ID: <cb3e862f-ad39-d739-d594-a5634c29cdb3@6wind.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:43:01 +0200
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: What is the purpose of dev->gflags?


Le 11/04/2022 à 17:33, Vladimir Oltean a écrit :
[snip]
> Would you agree that the __dev_set_allmulti() -> __dev_notify_flags()
> call path is dead code? If it is, is there any problem it should be
> addressing which it isn't, or can we just delete it?
I probably miss your point, why is it dead code?