netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiple queue hardware support

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Message-ID: <467AEE48.5050902@trash.net>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:31:52 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, hadi@...erus.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiple queue hardware support

PJ Waskiewicz wrote:
> I did not modify other users of netif_queue_stopped() in net/core/netpoll.c,
> net/core/dev.c, or net/core/pktgen.c, since no classification occurs for
> the skb being sent to the device.  Therefore, packets should always be
> ending up in queue 0, so there's no need to check the subqueue status either.
>   

Thats not correct. Subqueue 0 may be full and the queue still running.

I'll look over the patches later.

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