linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net][RESEND] strparser: Don't schedule in workqueue in paused state

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:54:18 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vakul.garg@....com
Cc:     doronrk@...com, tom@...ntonium.net, john.fastabend@...il.com,
        davejwatson@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ebiggers@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net][RESEND] strparser: Don't schedule in workqueue in
 paused state

From: Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 03:29:49 +0530

> In function strp_data_ready(), it is useless to call queue_work if
> the state of strparser is already paused. The state checking should
> be done before calling queue_work. The change reduces the context
> switches and improves the ktls-rx throughput by approx 20% (measured
> on cortex-a53 based platform).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>

Applied, thank you.