netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] sfc: add support for skb->xmit

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <543E54FF.1040304@solarflare.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:05:35 +0100
From:	Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<dborkman@...hat.com>, <nikolay@...hat.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <sshah@...arflare.com>,
	<jcooper@...arflare.com>, <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] sfc: add support for skb->xmit_more

On 14/10/14 22:15, David Miller wrote:
> From: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:41:37 +0100
>
>> Don't ring the doorbell, and don't do PIO.  This will also prevent
>>  TX Push, because there will be more than one buffer waiting when
>>  the doorbell is rung.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
> This looks good to me, mind if I apply this now?
I'd rather wait until Jon Cooper's had a chance to look at it; he
understands our TX path better than I.

-Edward
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html