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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:24:27 -0800
From: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] vlan: remove ndo_select_queue() logic
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> Le jeudi 11 novembre 2010 à 10:56 -0800, Jesse Gross a écrit :
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Before Tom's patch, a warning will be generated if a single queue vlan
>> device is stacked on top of a multiqueue physical device that
>> implements ndo_select_queue(). After Tom's patch, we avoid the
>> warning so vlan_dev_select_queue() is merely dead code. Either way,
>> what's the benefit in keeping it?
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > This logicaly is a second cleanup patch I believe.
>>
>> I'm not arguing against your patch, I just think it should go a step further.
>
> Sure ! Here is the thing ;)
>
> Thanks
>
> [PATCH] vlan: remove ndo_select_queue() logic
>
> Now vlan are lockless, we dont need special ndo_select_queue() logic.
> dev_pick_tx() will do the multiqueue stuff on the real device transmit.
>
> Suggested-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Yes, that's what I was thinking of. Thanks Eric.
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