netdev - Re: Information about napi_struct and net

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:41:01 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Javier Domingo <javierdo1@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Information about napi_struct and net_device

On Sat, 2012-10-27 at 18:18 +0200, Javier Domingo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am updating a kernel patch from 2.6.23-rc7 to v3.6, using git
> facilities, and I have found that there have been lots of changes in
> networking. Now the drivers are all by vendor, and more important,
> net_device is not used always, as napi_struct took its place.
> 
> I have asked in #kernel but no one answered me, so I subscribed here.
> Is there any place I can read about how is it now designed the use of
> napi_struct and net_device? I have found a presentation[1] about how
> networking was changing etc, and I wondered if there is anything more
> precise about how it is actually implemented.
> 
> I understand a little why napi_struct, but don't really know much
> about the change,
> 
> Hope someone can help me,

The initial change to napi_struct is explained in
<http://lwn.net/Articles/244640/>.

Since then there have been further changes:

- netif_napi_del() has been added.  You must call it to clean up NAPI
contexts before freeing the associated net device(s).

- Instead of netif_rx_schedule(), netif_rx_complete(), etc. you must use
napi_schedule(), napi_complete() etc. which just take a napi_struct
pointer.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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