RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v9 6/7] vmxnet3: Implement ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback

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Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v9 6/7] vmxnet3: Implement
ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback

Implement the ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback and update the driver to
use the snapshot/commit model for RX mode update.

Signed-off-by: I Viswanath <redacted>
---

Call paths involving netif_set_rx_mode in vmxnet3

netif_set_rx_mode
`-- vmxnet3_activate_dev
    |-- vmxnet3_open (ndo_open, takes lock)
    |-- vmxnet3_change_mtu (ndo_change_mtu, takes lock)
    |-- vmxnet3_reset_work (takes lock)
    |-- vmxnet3_resume (lock added)
    |-- vmxnet3_set_ringparam (ethtool callback, takes lock)
    `-- vmxnet3_xdp_set
        `-- vmxnet3_xdp (ndo_bpf, takes lock)

 drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------
-
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c

b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 40522afc0532..350e44286c00 100644

--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c

@@ -2775,18 +2775,18 @@ static u8 *
 vmxnet3_copy_mc(struct net_device *netdev)  {
 	u8 *buf = NULL;