linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH v3 0/8] Add busy poll support for epoll

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Message-Id: <20170324.192336.1475562799079946827.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:23:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     alexander.duyck@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3 0/8] Add busy poll support for epoll

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:07:47 -0700

> v3: Split off the code for limiting busy_poll and busy_read into a separate
>     patch for net.
>     Updated patch that changed busy loop time tracking so that it uses
>     "local_clock() >> 10" as we originally did.
>     Tweaked "Change return type.." patch by moving declaration of "work"
>     inside the loop where is was accessed and always reset to 0.
>     Added "Acked-by" for patches that received acks.

Eric, I believe Alexander has addresed your concerns.  Could you please
review patches 5 and 7 and ACK if they look ok to you?

Thanks.