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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: satyam@infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] netpoll: remove dev_name for npinfo
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:07:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071119200739.60bfb1f5@freepuppy.rosehill> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071119.194750.34466046.davem@davemloft.net>

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:47:50 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:43:20 -0700
> 
> > The device name was only in npinfo for netconsole target
> > configuration, so move it to netconsole.  Netconsole only
> > needs the value during config, so no need to do all
> > the device name tracking etc.. 
> > 
> > Make functions for common code for instantiation and 
> > start up.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
> 
> Sigh...
> 
> 	return -EUNTESTED;
> 
> In netpoll_parse_options() np->dev isn't setup yet, so if you had
> tested this patch you would have gotten an immediate OOPS.

Sorry, I missed the boot up case, I was testing with modprobe
and dyanmic reconfig stuff.  Places that store the name (and then
get confused by renames) are one of the lingering mis-features of
the whole network device infrastructure. 


-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-20  4:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-03 18:43 [PATCH 00/11] netpoll cleanups Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 01/11] netpoll: use skb_queue_purge Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:15   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 02/11] netpoll: netpoll_poll cleanup Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:21   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 03/11] netpoll: no need to store local_mac Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:23   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 04/11] netpoll: alternative implementation of dropping Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:25   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 05/11] netpoll: dont need rx_flags Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:39   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 06/11] netpoll: remove dev_name for npinfo Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:47   ` David Miller
2007-11-20  4:07     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 07/11] netpoll: get rid of name parameter Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:49   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 08/11] netpoll: NETPOLL_TRAP configuration change Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:52   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 09/11] netpoll: ethernet devices only Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  3:55   ` David Miller
2007-11-20  4:14     ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 10/11] netpoll: rx optimization Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  4:00   ` David Miller
2007-11-03 18:43 ` [PATCH 11/11] netpoll: rx use RCU Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-20  4:00   ` David Miller

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