Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/8] leds: trigger: netdev: drop NETDEV_LED_MODE_LINKUP from mode

From: Ansuel Smith
Date: Tue Nov 09 2021 - 09:25:15 EST


On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 04:02:57AM +0100, Marek Behún wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 03:26:03 +0100
> Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Drop NETDEV_LED_MODE_LINKUP from mode list and convert to a simple bool
> > that will be true or false based on the carrier link. No functional
> > change intended.
>
> The last time I tried this, I did it for all the fields that are now in
> the bitmap, and I was told that the bitmap guarantees atomic access, so
> it should be used...
>
> But why do you needs this? I guess I will see in another patch.
>

The link_up seems something internal to the netdev trigger and not
something strictly related to the blink modes. Why put a status in the
mode variable?

> Marek

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Ansuel