[PATCH v1] net/e1000: do not update link status in secondary process

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:30:47 +0800
Jun Wang <junwang01 at cestc.cn> wrote:

> The code to update link status is not safe in secondary process.
> If called from secondary it will crash, example from dumpcap:
>     eth_em_link_update
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jun Wang <junwang01 at cestc.cn>

Wouldn't it be better to fix the code in e1000_check_link to work in
secondary process. There are network virtual appliances that use
secondary process for all processing.