Re: [PATCH] bonding:avoid repeated display of same link status change

[David Miller]

From: mk.singh@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:27:28 +0530

> -			if (slave->delay) {
> +			if (slave->delay &&
> +			    !atomic64_read(&bond->rtnl_needed)) {
 ...
> +			    !atomic64_read(&bond->rtnl_needed)) {
 ...
> +			atomic64_set(&bond->rtnl_needed, 1);
 ...
> +		atomic64_set(&bond->rtnl_needed, 0);
 ...
> @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ struct bonding {
>  	struct	 dentry *debug_dir;
>  #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
>  	struct rtnl_link_stats64 bond_stats;
> +	atomic64_t rtnl_needed;

There is nothing "atomic" about a value that is only set and read.

And using a full 64-bit value for something taking on only '0' and
'1' is unnecessary as well.