Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 26/53] netpoll: Remove 4s sleep during carrier detection

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:15:32AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:44:18 -0500 Sasha Levin wrote:

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From: Breno Leitao leitao@debian.org

[ Upstream commit d8afe2f8a92d2aac3df645772f6ee61b0b2fc147 ]

This patch removes the msleep(4s) during netpoll_setup() if the carrier appears instantly.

Here are some scenarios where this workaround is counter-productive in modern ages:

Potential behavior change, can we wait 4 weeks, until it's been in a couple of -rcs?

Dropped for now, will revisit in a few weeks. Thanks!