linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 09/15] net: sgi: ioc3-eth: split ring cleaning/freeing and allocation

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:04:29 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/15] net: sgi: ioc3-eth: split ring
 cleaning/freeing and allocation

On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:03:08 +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> Do tx ring cleaning and freeing of rx buffers, when chip is shutdown and
> allocate buffers before bringing chip up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>

Ah, so you are moving the alloc/free to open/close, that's good.