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| author | stephen hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> | 2017-03-23 00:51:01 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-03-23 05:38:56 +0300 |
| commit | a0be450e19d397e9ff215e32ed31bc51339b460a (patch) | |
| tree | fb7c297434d8817060216d1837eeb3e9effa47c3 /drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h | |
| parent | 545a8e79bd1cc8774877a26275171a2ec8881c9e (diff) | |
| download | linux-a0be450e19d397e9ff215e32ed31bc51339b460a.tar.xz | |
netvsc: uses RCU instead of removal flag
It is cleaner to use RCU protected pointer (nvdev_ctx->nvdev)
to indicate device is in removed state, rather than having a separate
boolean flag. By using the pointer the context can be checked
by static checkers and dynamic lockdep.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h index 0ade21f95d71..907f55960ba8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h @@ -708,9 +708,6 @@ struct net_device_context { u32 speed; struct netvsc_ethtool_stats eth_stats; - /* the device is going away */ - bool start_remove; - /* State to manage the associated VF interface. */ struct net_device __rcu *vf_netdev; |