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

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Message-ID: <CAKgT0UcKaagCJvktEnHxQwaGFCJcv689Lo1DpugqdpM+fdzTnA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:42:12 -0800
From:   Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ixgbevf: get rid of custom busy polling code

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> 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 code, we also remove one lock
> operation in fast path, and allow GRO to do its job.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Looks good to me

Acked-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>