netdev - Re: netvsc NAPI

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Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:33:11 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: netvsc NAPI

On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:24:06 -0500 (EST)
David Miller <davem@...hat.com> wrote:

> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:33:16 -0800
> 
> > NAPI for netvsc is ready but the merge coordination is a nuisance.
> > 
> > Since netvsc NAPI support requires other changes that are proceeding through
> > GregKH's char-misc tree. I would like to send the two patches after current net-next
> > and char-misc-next are merged into Linus's tree.
> > 
> > Need these (at a minimum) these changes
> > 
> >  6e47dd3e2938 ("vmbus: expose hv_begin/end_read")
> >  5529eaf6e79a ("vmbus: remove conditional locking of vmbus_write")
> >  b71e328297a3 ("vmbus: add direct isr callback mode")
> >  631e63a9f346 ("vmbus: change to per channel tasklet")
> >  37cdd991fac8 ("vmbus: put related per-cpu variable together")
> > 
> > Please let me know when linux-net is up to date with these.  
> 
> The 'net' tree is now current with Linus's current tree, and all of
> those above commits seem to be there.

Great thanks. I will merge the NAPI and retest.