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Message-Id: <20160529.223542.1386340561946869732.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 22:35:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: eladkan@...lanox.com
Cc: noamca@...lanox.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
abrodkin@...opsys.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: nps_enet: Disable interrupts before napi
reschedule
From: Elad Kanfi <eladkan@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 15:00:06 +0300
> From: Elad Kanfi <eladkan@...lanox.com>
>
> Since NAPI works by shutting down event interrupts when theres
> work and turning them on when theres none, the net driver must
> make sure that interrupts are disabled when it reschedules polling.
> By calling napi_reschedule, the driver switches to polling mode,
> therefor there should be no interrupt interference.
> Any received packets will be handled in nps_enet_poll by polling the HW
> indication of received packet until all packets are handled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elad Kanfi <eladkan@...lanox.com>
> Acked-by: Noam Camus <noamca@...lanox.com>
Applied.
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