netdev - Re: [PATCH net] enic: fix issues in enic

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:56:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	_govind@....com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ssujith@...co.com, benve@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] enic: fix issues in enic_poll

From: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com>
Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2015 11:23:54 +0530

> Current code checks only rx work done to complete napi. It completely ignores
> tx work done. If we have only tx packets to clean and no rq work, we always
> napi complete instead of re-poll. Change this behavior to re-poll until
> tx work_done + rx work_done is not 0.

The existing TX behavior is correct, please do not change it.

You should never count TX work against the NAPI poll budget, it is
only for RX work.
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