Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] r8152: check the status before submitting rx

[David Miller]

From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:56:00 +0800

> Don't submit the rx if the device is unplugged, linking down,
> or stopped.
 ...
> @@ -1789,6 +1789,11 @@ int r8152_submit_rx(struct r8152 *tp, struct rx_agg *agg, gfp_t mem_flags)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	/* The rx would be stopped, so skip submitting */
> +	if (test_bit(RTL8152_UNPLUG, &tp->flags) ||
> +	    !test_bit(WORK_ENABLE, &tp->flags) || !(tp->speed & LINK_STATUS))
> +		return 0;
> +

I think netif_carrier_off() should always be true in all three of those
situations, and would be a much simpler test than what you've coded
here.
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