netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4: handle non-napi callers to napi

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Message-ID: <CALkJObfWR-7igG5JOwx42AQHPD6MA69+Gi_uaWgJ4AbzUZ=G_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:40:51 +0300
From:   Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        saeedm@...dia.com, tariqt@...dia.com, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4: handle non-napi callers to napi_poll

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 05:47, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 11:45:26 -0700 Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> > From: Jonathan Lemon <bsd@...com>
> >
> > netcons calls napi_poll with a budget of 0 to transmit packets.
> > Handle this by:
> >  - skipping RX processing
> >  - do not try to recycle TX packets to the RX cache
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
>
> Tariq, Saeed - how does this look to you?

Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>

Thanks,
Tariq