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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:25 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: davem@...emloft.net CC: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 17/18] net: add netif_napi_del function to allow for removal of napistructs Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> > > Adds netif_napi_del function which is used to remove the napi struct from > the netdev napi_list in cases where CONFIG_NETPOLL was enabled. > The motivation for adding this is to handle the case in which the number of > queues on a device changes due to a configuration change. Previously the > napi structs for each queue would be left in the list until the netdev was > freed. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> > --- > > include/linux/netdevice.h | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h > index 1304ad2..42fc98e 100644 > --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h > +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h > @@ -826,6 +826,19 @@ static inline void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, > set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state); > } > > +/** > + * netif_napi_del - remove a napi context > + * @napi: napi context > + * > + * netif_napi_del() removes a napi context from the network device napi list > + */ > +static inline void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi) > +{ > +#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL > + list_del(&napi->dev_list); > +#endif > +} > + David - ACK? I would prefer to throw this in with the 18-patch igb pile, if that's OK with you. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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