linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dpaa_eth: use AVOIDBLOCK for Tx confirmation queues

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Message-Id: <20170401.120410.2118230452760689948.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 01 Apr 2017 12:04:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     madalin.bucur@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dpaa_eth: use AVOIDBLOCK for Tx confirmation queues

From: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:24:15 +0300

> The AVOIDBLOCK flag determines the Tx confirmation queues processing
> to be redirected to any available CPU when the current one is slow
> in processing them. This may result in a higher Tx confirmation
> interrupt count but may reduce pressure on a certain CPU that with
> the previous setting would process all Tx confirmation frames.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>

Applied, thanks.