Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756094Ab2E3Als (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2012 20:41:48 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:32940 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753756Ab2E3Alr (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2012 20:41:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 20:40:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20120529.204040.644013889059321702.davem@davemloft.net> To: eldad@fogrefinery.com Cc: kaber@trash.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 8021q/vlan: process NETDEV_GOING_DOWN From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1338330635-27259-1-git-send-email-eldad@fogrefinery.com> References: <1338330635-27259-1-git-send-email-eldad@fogrefinery.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.0.95 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (shards.monkeyblade.net [198.137.202.13]); Tue, 29 May 2012 17:40:42 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 605 Lines: 14 From: Eldad Zack Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 00:30:35 +0200 > In the current flow, when you take down a physical device that has > VLANs configured on it, the NETDEV_GOING_DOWN notification will be > sent too late, i.e., no data can be sent to the wire anymore. Why do you need to send data? Any queued up data should be purged not sent. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/