From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [V2 PATCH] virtio-net: init link state correctly Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:47:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20101105084711.GC3464@redhat.com> References: <20101105025008.3277.87697.stgit@dhcp-91-158.nay.redhat.com> <19667.29541.897732.941476@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, davem@davemloft.net, markmc@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Jason Wang Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <19667.29541.897732.941476@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 11:00:53AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > Jason Wang writes: > > CC netdev missed in the original patch. You'll have to repost it properly. Patches with a > at start can't be applied :) You can add my ack when you do. > > For device that supports VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS, there's no need to > > assume the link is up and we need to call nerif_carrier_off() before > > querying device status, otherwise we may get wrong operstate after > > diver was loaded because the link watch event was not fired as > > expected. > > > > For device that does not support VIRITO_NET_F_STATUS, we could not get > > its status through virtnet_update_status() and what we can only do is > > always assuming the link is up. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang > > --- > > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 12 +++++++++--- > > 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > > index bb6b67f..b6d4028 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > > @@ -986,9 +986,15 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) > > goto unregister; > > } > > > > - vi->status = VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP; > > - virtnet_update_status(vi); > > - netif_carrier_on(dev); > > + /* Assume link up if device can't report link status, > > + otherwise get link status from config. */ > > + if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)) { > > + netif_carrier_off(dev); > > + virtnet_update_status(vi); > > + } else { > > + vi->status = VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP; > > + netif_carrier_on(dev); > > + } > > > > pr_debug("virtnet: registered device %s\n", dev->name); > > return 0; > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html