netdev - [PATCH 0/6] netpoll: Cleanups and fixes

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:22:38 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	stephen@...workplumber.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, mpm@...enic.com,
	satyam.sharma@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] netpoll: Cleanups and fixes


This is a set of small cleanups and fixes for netpoll that makes the
code a little more penetratable and reliable.

The most significant is patch 6 which adds the function
skb_irq_freeable.  Patch 6 makes use of skb_irq_freeable to simplify the
logic in the network stack by freeing skbs as soon as possible and
making the buggy function zap_completion_queue in netpoll completely
pointless and thus unnecessary.

Eric W. Biederman (6):
      netpoll: Remove gfp parameter from __netpoll_setup
      netpoll: Only call ndo_start_xmit from a single place
      netpoll: Don't allow on devices that perform their own xmit locking
      netpoll: Move rx enable/disable into __dev_close_many
      netpoll: Rename netpoll_rx_enable/disable to netpoll_poll_disable/enable
      net: Free skbs from irqs when possible.

 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |    6 +-
 drivers/net/team/team.c         |   16 +++---
 include/linux/netdevice.h       |    3 +-
 include/linux/netpoll.h         |   10 ++--
 include/linux/skbuff.h          |   13 +++++
 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c            |    7 +--
 net/bridge/br_device.c          |   15 +++---
 net/bridge/br_if.c              |    2 +-
 net/bridge/br_private.h         |    4 +-
 net/core/dev.c                  |   31 +++++------
 net/core/netpoll.c              |  110 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 net/core/skbuff.c               |   13 ++++-
 12 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
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