netdev - RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded irq for control ring

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:31:00 +0000
From:   Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.orga" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded irq
 for control ring

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Gross [mailto:jgross@...e.com]
> Sent: 22 September 2016 11:17
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>; xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.orga <netdev@...r.kernel.org>; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded irq
> for control ring
> 
> On 22/09/16 11:09, Paul Durrant wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Xen-devel [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@...ts.xen.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Juergen Gross
> >> Sent: 22 September 2016 10:03
> >> To: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org; netdev@...r.kernel.orga; linux-
> >> kernel@...r.kernel.org
> >> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>; Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
> >> Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded
> >> irq for control ring
> >>
> >> Instead of open coding it use the threaded irq mechanism in xen-netback.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> >
> > How have you tested this change?
> 
> Only compile-tested and loaded the module. As this feature isn't being used
> in linux netfront AFAIK it is not easily testable. OTOH the code modification is
> rather limited and I've used the threaded irq in the Xen scsiback driver
> myself, so I'm rather confident it will work.
> 

OK. How about doing the rx interrupt/task too so that it can be easily tested with a linux netfront?

  Paul

> 
> Juergen