[dpdk-dev,v5,1/8] net/tap: remove wrong IFF_NOARP flags

Message ID 4a25b076051f9aa3f5bdb67bf953faad2c7c95c1.1489589167.git.pascal.mazon@6wind.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: Ferruh Yigit
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Commit Message

Pascal Mazon March 15, 2017, 2:48 p.m. UTC
  There is no reason not to support ARP on a tap netdevice.
Focus on IFF_UP when a link status change is required.

Fixes: f457b472b1f2 ("net/tap: add link up and down operations")
Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon@6wind.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Wiles, Keith March 15, 2017, 9:37 p.m. UTC | #1
> On Mar 15, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon@6wind.com> wrote:
> 
> There is no reason not to support ARP on a tap netdevice.
> Focus on IFF_UP when a link status change is required.
> 
> Fixes: f457b472b1f2 ("net/tap: add link up and down operations")
> Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon@6wind.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

Acked-by: Keith.Wiles@intel.com for the series.

> ---
> drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
> index a5cbb23e4cd2..fcf4a1dc3da1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
> @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ tap_link_set_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> 	struct pmd_internals *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
> 
> 	dev->data->dev_link.link_status = ETH_LINK_DOWN;
> -	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP | IFF_NOARP, 0);
> +	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP, 0);
> }
> 
> static int
> @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ tap_link_set_up(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
> 	struct pmd_internals *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
> 
> 	dev->data->dev_link.link_status = ETH_LINK_UP;
> -	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP | IFF_NOARP, 1);
> +	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP, 1);
> }
> 
> static int
> -- 
> 2.8.0.rc0
> 

Regards,
Keith
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
index a5cbb23e4cd2..fcf4a1dc3da1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@  tap_link_set_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	struct pmd_internals *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
 
 	dev->data->dev_link.link_status = ETH_LINK_DOWN;
-	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP | IFF_NOARP, 0);
+	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP, 0);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@  tap_link_set_up(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	struct pmd_internals *pmd = dev->data->dev_private;
 
 	dev->data->dev_link.link_status = ETH_LINK_UP;
-	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP | IFF_NOARP, 1);
+	return tap_link_set_flags(pmd, IFF_UP, 1);
 }
 
 static int