netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] docs: networking: document NAPI

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:50:19 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Toke HHHiland-JJJrgensen <toke@...hat.com>, corbet@....net,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
        pisa@....felk.cvut.cz, mkl@...gutronix.de,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] docs: networking: document NAPI

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:13:38 +0100 Francois Romieu wrote:
> NAPI processing also happens in the unusual context of netpoll.
> 
> I can't tell if it's better to be completely silent about it or to
> explicitely state that it is beyond the scope of the document.

I stayed away from it, because from the perspective of driver
developers and users the calling contexts should not be depended on.
So I tried to stay vague on that, and explain what they should do
rather than what the core does.