linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next] netvsc: Use the new in-place consumption APIs in the rx path

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Date:	Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:12:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kys@...hange.microsoft.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com, leann.ogasawara@...onical.com,
	kys@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next] netvsc: Use the new in-place
 consumption APIs in the rx path

From: kys@...hange.microsoft.com
Date: Tue,  5 Jul 2016 16:52:46 -0700

> From: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> 
> Use the new APIs for eliminating a copy on the receive path. These new APIs also
> help in minimizing the number of memory barriers we end up issuing (in the
> ringbuffer code) since we can better control when we want to expose the ring
> state to the host.
> 
> The patch is being resent to address earlier email issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>

Applied.