netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: get rid of custom busy polling code

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 09:14:04 +0000
From:   Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>,
        Solarflare Linux Maintainers <linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: get rid of custom busy polling code

On 03/02/17 01:13, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> In linux-4.5, busy polling was implemented in core
> NAPI stack, meaning that all custom implementation can
> be removed from drivers.
> 
> Not only we remove lot's of tricky code, we also remove
> one lock operation in fast path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
> Cc: Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>

We were talking about doing this just yesterday.
Thanks Eric.

Acked-by: Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>