linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: ravb: Count packets instead of descriptors in RX path

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Message-ID: <1fce7c6c-cbf3-8041-51e4-9d6f45c2634f@omp.ru>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:32:53 +0300
From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>, "David S . Miller"
	<davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski
	<kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>, Wolfram Sang
	<wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 2/7] net: ravb: Count packets instead of
 descriptors in RX path

On 2/6/24 12:19 PM, Paul Barker wrote:

> The units of "work done" in the RX path should be packets instead of
> descriptors, as large packets can be spread over multiple descriptors.

   Only for GbEth, right?
   This does look like a bug fix...

> Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>

[...]

MBR, Sergey