linux-kernel - Re: [patch] forcedeth: fix the NAPI poll function

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:47:33 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch] forcedeth: fix the NAPI poll function

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com> wrote:
> 
>> Two comments:
>>
>> 1) we have a vague definition of "RX work processed."  Due to error 
>> conditions and goto's in that function, rx_processed_cnt may or may 
>> not equal the number of packets actually processed.
>>
>> 2) man I dislike these inline C statement combinations (ranting at 
>> original code style, not you).  I would much rather waste a few extra 
>> lines of source code and make the conditions obvious:
>>
>> 	while (... && (rx_processed_cnt < limit)) {
>> 		rx_processed_cnt++;
>>
>> 		...
>> 	}
>>
>> or even
>>
>> 	while (1) {
>> 		...
>> 		if (rx_processed_cnt == limit)
>> 			break;
>> 		rx_processed_cnt++;
>> 	}
>>
>> The compiler certainly doesn't care, and IMO it prevents bugs.
> 
> agreed. Do you have an uptodate patch/git-URI for the forcedeth rewrite 
> you did? I can throw it into the testbed.

Branch 'fe-lock' of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git

It works here locally, but at this very minute I am rewriting those 
changesets yet again :)

	Jeff



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