linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 3/4] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll

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Date:	Tue, 21 May 2013 18:33:37 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, HPA <hpa@...or.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>,
	Eilon Greenstien <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer@...ir.org.il>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 3/4] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll_poll

On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 17:27 +0300, Eliezer Tamir wrote:
> Add the ixgbe driver code implementing ndo_ll_poll.
> It should be easy for other drivers to do something similar
> in order to enable support for CONFIG_INET_LL_RX_POLL
[...]
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
> @@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ static void ixgbe_free_q_vectors(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
>  	adapter->num_rx_queues = 0;
>  	adapter->num_q_vectors = 0;
>  
> +	inc_ll_gen_id();

I think that should be handled by the networking core (somewhere) and
not by drivers.

Ben.

>  	while (v_idx--)
>  		ixgbe_free_q_vector(adapter, v_idx);
>  }
[...]

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