Re: [RFC PATCH] net: fold dev_disable_lro() into netdev_fix_features()

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On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 12:08:11PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat,  7 May 2011 13:48:02 +0200 (CEST)
> > This moves checks that device is forwarding from bridge, IPv4 and IPv6
> > code into netdev_fix_features(). As a side effect, after device is no longer
> > forwarding it gets LRO back. This also means that user is not allowed to
> > enable LRO after device is put to forwarding mode.
> We need to keep the check in the protocols because we don't want to
> be testing protocol specific device state in generic code like
> net/core/dev.c

I modified it to use priv_flags that mirror the protocol-internal state.
Patch follows.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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