netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:41:42 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@...ux.jf.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, HPA <hpa@...or.com>,
	Eliezer Tamir <eliezer@...ir.org.il>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll_poll

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 09:56 -0800, Eliezer Tamir wrote:

> @@ -1458,7 +1459,9 @@ static void ixgbe_rx_skb(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
>  {
>  	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = q_vector->adapter;
>  
> -	if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL))
> +	if (ixgbe_qv_ll_polling(q_vector))
> +		netif_receive_skb(skb);
> +	else if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_IN_NETPOLL))
>  		napi_gro_receive(&q_vector->napi, skb);
>  	else
>  		netif_rx(skb);

Interesting reordering issue here.

Why by-passing GRO stack if its enabled ?



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