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DateSat, 7 Jul 2007 13:38:47 +0530 (IST)
FromSatyam Sharma <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH -mm 5/9] netconsole: Introduce dev_status member
Hi Stephen,

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:56:42 -0500
> Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > > +	if (nt->dev_status) {
> > 
> > Why not simply call net_dev_is_up?
> 
> The flags field values are really BSD legacy-ish stuff and should not be
> used internally. IFF_UP etc, do not have the necessary atomic properties.
> 
> Use netif_running() instead.

Ok, thanks for letting me know about that. I'll make the change.

Satyam
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