From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/ipoib: Do not turn on carrier  to a non active port
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:02:04 -0700
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 > +	if (ib_query_port(priv->ca, priv->port, &attr) ||
 > +		attr.state != IB_PORT_ACTIVE) {
 > +		ipoib_dbg(priv, "wait with carrier until IB port is active\n");
 > +		if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP, &priv->flags))
 > +			queue_delayed_work(ipoib_workqueue, &priv->carrier_on_task, HZ);
 > +		return;
 > +	}

This queueing delayed work to poll the port state seems a bit odd to
me... we get an event when the port changes state anyway, right?  So
can't we just turn the carrier on when we get an active event?

 - R.
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