netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/16] Don't receive packets when the napi budget == 0

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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:54:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, mpm@...enic.com, satyam.sharma@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/16] Don't receive packets when the napi
 budget == 0

From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:56:47 -0700

> After reading through all 120 drivers supporting netpoll I have found 16
> more that process at least received packet when the napi budget == 0.
> 
> Processing more packets than your budget has always been a bug but
> we haven't cared before so it looks like these drivers slipped through,
> and need fixes.
> 
> As netpoll will shortly be using a budget of 0 to get the tx queue
> processing with the rx queue processing we now care.

Series applied, thanks Eric.
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