Re: [PATCH 08/16] virtio_net: drop config_enable

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Oct 06 2014 - 15:02:48 EST


From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:07:13 +0300

> Now that virtio core ensures config changes don't arrive during probing,
> drop config_enable flag in virtio net.
> On removal, flush is now sufficient to guarantee that no change work is
> queued.
>
> This help simplify the driver, and will allow setting DRIVER_OK earlier
> without losing config change notifications.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

It's hard for people on the networking side to review these changes
since you haven't CC:'d them on any of the postings necessary to
understand the context of the net/ and drivers/net/ changes.

Please at a minimum CC: everyone on your header [PATCH 0/N] posting
so we know at least at a high level what is going on, and why.

Thanks.
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