netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] netdevsim: add NAPI support

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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:56:56 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: David Wei <dw@...idwei.uk>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Willem de Bruijn
 <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/2] netdevsim: add NAPI support

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:36:23 -0700 David Wei wrote:
> Add NAPI support to netdevim, similar to veth.
> 
> * Add a nsim_rq rx queue structure to hold a NAPI instance and a skb
>   queue.
> * During xmit, store the skb in the peer skb queue and schedule NAPI.
> * During napi_poll(), drain the skb queue and pass up the stack.
> * Add assoc between rxq and NAPI instance using netif_queue_set_napi().

This one LG, FWIW.
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