netdev - Re: [net-next, PATCH 2/2, v2] net: netsec: remove loops in napi Rx process

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:29:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org
Cc:     jaswinder.singh@...aro.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, masahisa.kojima@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [net-next, PATCH 2/2, v2] net: netsec: remove loops in napi Rx
 process

From: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:04:01 +0300

> netsec_process_rx was running in a loop trying to process as many packets
> as possible before re-enabling interrupts. With the recent DMA changes
> this is not needed anymore as we manage to consume all the budget without
> looping over the function.
> Since it has no performance penalty let's remove that and simplify the Rx
> path a bit
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>

Applied.