netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1 net-next] net: fec: add napi support to improve proformance

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:02:09 +0800
From:	Frank Li <lznuaa@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Frank Li <Frank.Li@...escale.com>, shawn.guo@...aro.org,
	B38611@...escale.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	s.hauer@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1 net-next] net: fec: add napi support to improve proformance

2013/1/24 Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>:
> On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 15:58 +0800, Frank Li wrote:
>>
>>  static irqreturn_t
>> @@ -805,6 +823,7 @@ fec_enet_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>>       struct net_device *ndev = dev_id;
>>       struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(ndev);
>>       uint int_events;
>> +     ulong flags;
>>       irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
>>
>>       do {
>> @@ -813,7 +832,14 @@ fec_enet_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>>
>>               if (int_events & FEC_ENET_RXF) {
>>                       ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
>> -                     fec_enet_rx(ndev);
>> +
>> +                     spin_lock_irqsave(&fep->hw_lock, flags);
>
> You already are in a irq safe context, spin_lock() should be ok

Okay, I will fix it.

>
>> +                     /* Disable the RX interrupt */
>> +                     if (napi_schedule_prep(&fep->napi)) {
>> +                             fec_enet_rx_int_is_enabled(ndev, false);
>> +                             __napi_schedule(&fep->napi);
>> +                     }
>> +                     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fep->hw_lock, flags);
>
>        spin_unlock();
>
>>               }
>>
>
>
> Same remark for the spin_lock_irqsave(&fep->tmreg_lock, flags) in
> fec_enet_tx()
>

Okay, but it is not related with NAPI support.
Need new patch for that.

>
>
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