netdev - Re: [net 0/2][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2019-09-11

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Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:08:58 +0200 (CEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net 0/2][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates
 2019-09-11

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:49:53 -0700

> This series contains fixes to ixgbe.
> 
> Alex fixes up the adaptive ITR scheme for ixgbe which could result in a
> value that was either 0 or something less than 10 which was causing
> issues with hardware features, like RSC, that do not function well with
> ITR values that low.
> 
> Ilya Maximets fixes the ixgbe driver to limit the number of transmit
> descriptors to clean by the number of transmit descriptors used in the
> transmit ring, so that the driver does not try to "double" clean the
> same descriptors. 

Pulled, thanks Jeff.