netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: use netif_start_queue instead of netif_wake_qeueue in rtl8169_start

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:35:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: use netif_start_queue instead of
 netif_wake_qeueue in rtl8169_start_xmit

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:41:48 +0100

> Replace the call to netif_wake_queue in rtl8169_start_xmit with
> netif_start_queue as we don't need to actually wake up the queue since
> we are still in mid transmit so we just need to reset the bit so it
> doesn't prevent the next transmit.
> (Description shamelessly copied from a mail sent by Alex.)
> 
> Suggested-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.