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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] virtio-net: remove useless disable on freeze
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 04:29:59PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> On (Wed) 04 Apr 2012 [12:19:55], Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > disable_cb is just an optimization: it
> > can not guarantee that there are no callbacks.
>
> Even then, what's the harm in keeping it? If indeed there's an
> attempt to raise an interrupt after the host has been notified, it
> will be suppressed.

It won't. It's not a guarantee, e.g. with event index on
it does nothing at all.

> Also, disable_cb seems to be used elsewhere in the virtio_net.c file,
> to suit similar purposes.
>
> Amit

Where?


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