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netdevice reg_state was split into two 16 bit enums back in 2010 in commita2835763e1("rtnetlink: handle rtnl_link netlink notifications manually"). Since the split the fields have been moved apart, and last year we converted reg_state to a normal u8 in commit4d42b37def("net: convert dev->reg_state to u8"). rtnl_link_state being a 16 bitfield makes no sense. Convert it to a single bool, it seems very unlikely after 15 years that we'll need more values in it. We could drop dev->rtnl_link_ops from the conditions but feels like having it there more clearly points at the reason for this hack. Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250410014246.780885-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.