netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: move dev->state into net_device_read

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:31:38 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: move dev->state into net_device_read_txrx group

Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 09:08:45PM CET, edumazet@...gle.com wrote:
>dev->state can be read in rx and tx fast paths.
>
>netif_running() which needs dev->state is called from
>- enqueue_to_backlog() [RX path]
>- __dev_direct_xmit()  [TX path]
>
>Fixes: 43a71cd66b9c ("net-device: reorganize net_device fast path variables")
>Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>