netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] xen-netback: Disable NAPI after disabling interrupts

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Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:05:02 +0000
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] xen-netback: Disable NAPI after disabling interrupts

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 03:29:30PM +0000, David Vrabel wrote:
> From: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...aro.org>
> 
> Otherwise the interrupt handler still calls napi_complete. Although it
> won't schedule NAPI again as either NAPI_STATE_DISABLE or
> NAPI_STATE_SCHED is set, it is just unnecessary, and it makes more
> sense to do this way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> index 895fe84..a6a32d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> @@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ static void xenvif_down(struct xenvif *vif)
>  
>  	for (queue_index = 0; queue_index < num_queues; ++queue_index) {
>  		queue = &vif->queues[queue_index];
> -		napi_disable(&queue->napi);
>  		disable_irq(queue->tx_irq);
>  		if (queue->tx_irq != queue->rx_irq)
>  			disable_irq(queue->rx_irq);
> +		napi_disable(&queue->napi);
>  		del_timer_sync(&queue->credit_timeout);
>  	}
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
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