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

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Date:   Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:04:55 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove support for per driver
 ndo_busy_poll()

On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 17:18 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

Nice ! Thanks !