netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove support for per driver ndo_busy

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Message-Id: <20170203.171820.956894207079399896.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 03 Feb 2017 17:18:20 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove support for per driver
 ndo_busy_poll()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 18:43:28 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> We added generic support for busy polling in NAPI layer in linux-4.5
> 
> No network driver uses ndo_busy_poll() anymore, we can get rid
> of the pointer in struct net_device_ops, and its use in sk_busy_loop()
> 
> Saves NETIF_F_BUSY_POLL features bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.