From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
bhutchings@solarflare.com, mirqus@gmail.com,
greearb@candelatech.com, fbl@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/4] net: allow to change carrier from userspace
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:25:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121212182556.GC3060@minipsycho.orion> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121212101208.361ccda0@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 07:12:08PM CET, shemminger@vyatta.com wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:10:17 +0100
>Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:
>
>> ># ip li show dev dummy0
>> >12: dummy0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DORMANT mode DORMANT
>>
>> if you mean this "NO-CARRIER"
>> it has no direct relation with netif_carrier_ok().
>
>It is the same value (IFF_RUNNING) that is visible from user space.
static inline bool netif_carrier_ok(const struct net_device *dev)
{
return !test_bit(__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER, &dev->state);
}
So netif_carrier[ok/on/off] are working with on __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER
bit. Not with IFF_RUNNING flag.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-12 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-12 10:58 [patch net-next 0/4] net: allow to change carrier from userspace Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 10:58 ` [patch net-next 1/4] net: add change_carrier netdev op Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 10:58 ` [patch net-next 2/4] net: allow to change carrier via sysfs Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 10:58 ` [patch net-next 3/4] rtnl: expose carrier value with possibility to set it Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 10:58 ` [patch net-next 4/4] dummy: implement carrier change Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 16:15 ` [patch net-next 0/4] net: allow to change carrier from userspace Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-12 17:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 17:27 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-12 18:10 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 18:12 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-12 18:25 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2012-12-12 18:36 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-12 18:49 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 18:54 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-12 19:06 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-12 19:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-13 16:17 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-13 17:15 ` John Fastabend
2012-12-13 17:54 ` Flavio Leitner
2012-12-13 18:09 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-13 18:17 ` Flavio Leitner
2012-12-13 18:20 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-13 18:33 ` Dan Williams
2012-12-13 19:09 ` John Fastabend
2012-12-13 21:32 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-14 14:41 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-14 16:12 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-14 16:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-14 16:59 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-14 17:13 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-14 17:23 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-14 17:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-16 10:54 ` Jiri Pirko
2012-12-18 6:49 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-12-18 9:31 ` Jiri Pirko
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