netdev - NAPI and ->poll()

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Message-ID: <m3vdzgfqv8.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:27:23 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: NAPI and ->poll()

Hi,

Just noticed a weird fragment in my code and want to be sure:
The NAPI poll() method should _always_ return a number of sk_buffs
processed, even if it calls netif_rx_complete() and then maybe
netif_rx_reschedule()?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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