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

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Message-Id: <20170203.171812.1875718788043890596.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:18:12 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ixgbevf: get rid of custom busy polling code

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:59:18 -0800

> 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>

Applied.