netdev - Re: [PATCH net] pktgen: be friendly to LLTX devices

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Date:	Sat, 12 Apr 2014 02:01:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, brouer@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] pktgen: be friendly to LLTX devices

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:22:00 +0200

> Similarly to commit 43279500deca ("packet: respect devices with
> LLTX flag in direct xmit"), we can basically apply the very same
> to pktgen. This will help testing against LLTX devices such as
> dummy driver (or others), which only have a single netdevice txq
> and would otherwise require locking their txq from pktgen side
> while e.g. in dummy case, we would not need any locking. Fix this
> by making use of HARD_TX_{UN,}LOCK API, so that NETIF_F_LLTX will
> be respected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>

Applied.
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