netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] skge: add GRO support

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Date:	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:58:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] skge: add GRO support

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:25:32 +0200

> We need to napi_gro_flush(), while IRQ are on, and napi_gro_flush() is
> static to net/core/dev.c
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> [PATCH net-next-2.6 v2] skge: add GRO support
> 
> - napi_gro_flush() is exported from net/core/dev.c, to avoid
>   an irq_save/irq_restore in the packet receive path.
> - use napi_gro_receive() instead of netif_receive_skb()
> - use napi_gro_flush() before calling __napi_complete()
> - turn on NETIF_F_GRO by default
> - Tested on a Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit NIC
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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