netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rps: core implementation

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Message-ID: <4AFC6ECD.5030009@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:23:41 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rps: core implementation

Tom Herbert a écrit :
> Third version of RPS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/interrupt.h |    1 +
>  include/linux/netdevice.h |   18 ++++
>  include/linux/skbuff.h    |    2 +
>  net/core/dev.c            |  227 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  net/core/net-sysfs.c      |  135 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 



@@ -2696,21 +2842,24 @@ static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct
*napi, int quota)
 	int work = 0;
 	struct softnet_data *queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
 	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+	unsigned long flags;

 	napi->weight = weight_p;
 	do {
 		struct sk_buff *skb;

<<HERE>>	local_irq_disable();
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->input_pkt_queue.lock, flags);
 		skb = __skb_dequeue(&queue->input_pkt_queue);
 		if (!skb) {
 			__napi_complete(napi);
-			local_irq_enable();
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->input_pkt_queue.lock,
+			    flags);
 			break;
 		}
-		local_irq_enable();
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->input_pkt_queue.lock, flags);

-		netif_receive_skb(skb);
+		__netif_receive_skb(skb);
 	} while (++work < quota && jiffies == start_time);

 	return work;

Not sure you still want the local_irq_disable() before 
spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->input_pkt_queue.lock, flags);  ?

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