netdev - [PATCH net-next 03/10] sfc: Update comments on efx_rx_packet

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Message-ID: <1331340573.2537.13.camel@bwh-desktop>
Date:	Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:49:33 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 03/10] sfc: Update comments on efx_rx_packet_gro()

The in-tree driver has never supported Driverlink.  The rest of the
comments are rather redundant, but we can usefully state what the
requirements are on the buffer state.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c |    7 ++-----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
index 1ba290d..763fa2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
@@ -449,10 +449,8 @@ static void efx_rx_packet__check_len(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue,
 	efx_rx_queue_channel(rx_queue)->n_rx_overlength++;
 }
 
-/* Pass a received packet up through the generic GRO stack
- *
- * Handles driverlink veto, and passes the fragment up via
- * the appropriate GRO method
+/* Pass a received packet up through GRO.  GRO can handle pages
+ * regardless of checksum state and skbs with a good checksum.
  */
 static void efx_rx_packet_gro(struct efx_channel *channel,
 			      struct efx_rx_buffer *rx_buf,
@@ -461,7 +459,6 @@ static void efx_rx_packet_gro(struct efx_channel *channel,
 	struct napi_struct *napi = &channel->napi_str;
 	gro_result_t gro_result;
 
-	/* Pass the skb/page into the GRO engine */
 	if (rx_buf->flags & EFX_RX_BUF_PAGE) {
 		struct efx_nic *efx = channel->efx;
 		struct page *page = rx_buf->u.page;
-- 
1.7.7.6



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Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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