netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] enic: use atomic_t instead of spin

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	_govind@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ssujith@...co.com, benve@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] enic: use atomic_t instead of spin_lock in
 busy poll

From: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:47:50 +0530

> -static inline bool enic_poll_unlock_napi(struct vnic_rq *rq)
> +static inline void enic_poll_unlock_napi(struct vnic_rq *rq,
> +					 struct napi_struct *napi)
>  {
> -	bool rc = false;
> -
> -	spin_lock(&rq->bpoll_lock);
> -	WARN_ON(rq->bpoll_state &
> -		(ENIC_POLL_STATE_POLL | ENIC_POLL_STATE_NAPI_YIELD));
> -	if (rq->bpoll_state & ENIC_POLL_STATE_POLL_YIELD)
> -		rc = true;
> -	rq->bpoll_state = ENIC_POLL_STATE_IDLE;
> -	spin_unlock(&rq->bpoll_lock);
> -
> -	return rc;
> +	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&rq->bpoll_state) != ENIC_POLL_STATE_NAPI);
> +	napi_gro_flush(napi, false);
> +	atomic_set(&rq->bpoll_state, ENIC_POLL_STATE_IDLE);
>  }

I don't understand why you needed to add this napi_gro_flush() call here,
and regardless of the reason you must explain this, in detail, in your
commit message,
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