netdev - Re: [PATCH net 01/11] netpoll: do not test NAPI_STATE_SCHED in poll_one

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Date:   Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:25:57 -0700
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, aviad.krawczyk@...wei.com,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, dougmill@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        harish.patil@...ium.com,
        "Chopra, Manish" <manish.chopra@...ium.com>, netanel@...zon.com,
        linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com, tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 01/11] netpoll: do not test NAPI_STATE_SCHED in poll_one_napi()

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:32 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Since we do no longer require NAPI drivers to provide
> an ndo_poll_controller(), napi_schedule() has not been done
> before poll_one_napi() invocation.
>
> So testing NAPI_STATE_SCHED is likely to cause early returns.
>
> While we are at it, remove outdated comment.
>
> Note to future bisections : This change might surface prior
> bugs in drivers. See commit 73f21c653f93 ("bnxt_en: Fix TX
> timeout during netpoll.") for one occurrence.
>
> Fixes: ac3d9dd034e5 ("netpoll: make ndo_poll_controller() optional")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
> Cc: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

Reviewed-and-tested-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>