Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 6/7] vmxnet3: Drop net_vmxnet3_info.can_receive

[Jason Wang]

On 09/24/2015 07:19 PM, Shmulik Ladkani wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:19:19 +0300, address@hidden wrote:
>> On Wed,  2 Sep 2015 17:14:52 +0100, address@hidden wrote:
>>> From: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
>>>
>>> Commit 6e99c63 ("net/socket: Drop net_socket_can_send") changed the
>>> semantics around .can_receive for sockets to now require the device to
>>> flush queued pkts when transitioning to a .can_receive=true state. But
>>> it's OK to drop incoming packets when the link is not active.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
>> Tested-by: Shmulik Ladkani <address@hidden>
> Ping...
>
> I'm not sure what's the exact policy, but shouldn't
> '2734a20 vmxnet3: Drop net_vmxnet3_info.can_receive' go into stable-2.4?

If you think a patch is stable candidate. Need cc address@hidden
explicitly in the commit log.

Cc Michael for this.

>
> Otherwise, vmxnet3 has no rx connectivity in 2.4 based releases.
>
> See here: 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02233.html
>
> Regards,
> Shmulik