netdev - Re: [PATCH] KVM: add schedule check to napi

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Date:	Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:40:48 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Bruce Rogers <brogers@...ell.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: add schedule check to napi_enable call

Bruce Rogers <brogers@...ell.com> wrote:
> Please consider this patch for the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34 stable trees as well as current development trees. (I've only tested on 2.6.32 however)
> 
>    virtio_net: Add schedule check to napi_enable call
>    Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would
>    stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any
>    problems in the driver while performing these tests for extended periods
>    of time.
> 
>    Make sure napi is scheduled subsequent to each napi_enable.
> 
>    Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers <brogers@...ell.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@...e.de>
>    Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
>    Cc: stable@...nel.org

Looks good to me.

Thanks!
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