netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] xsk: replace ndo_xsk_async_xmit with ndo_xsk

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Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 11:42:52 +0000
From:   Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...lanox.com>
To:     Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        "ast@...nel.org" <ast@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] xsk: replace ndo_xsk_async_xmit with
 ndo_xsk_wakeup

On 2019-07-02 12:21, Magnus Karlsson wrote:
> This commit replaces ndo_xsk_async_xmit with ndo_xsk_wakeup. This new
> ndo provides the same functionality as before but with the addition of
> a new flags field that is used to specifiy if Rx, Tx or both should be
> woken up. The previous ndo only woke up Tx, as implied by the
> name. The i40e and ixgbe drivers (which are all the supported ones)
> are updated with this new interface.

This API change will break build of mlx5 - XSK support for mlx5 was merged.

> This new ndo will be used by the new need_wakeup functionality of XDP
> sockets that need to be able to wake up both Rx and Tx driver
> processing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>