netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] xen-netback: Don't deschedule NAPI when carrier off

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:17:37 +0100
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...rix.com>
CC:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] xen-netback: Don't deschedule NAPI when
 carrier off

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 01:01:44PM +0100, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
> In the patch called "xen-netback: Turn off the carrier if the guest is not able
> to receive" NAPI was descheduled when the carrier was set off. That's
> not what most of the drivers do, and we don't have any specific reason to do so
> as well, so revert that change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@...rix.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
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