netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] lan743x: fix rx_napi

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Message-ID: <CAGngYiUCpMoROFCXaE+Mkaf-EnWa_WT3a1mo1g+hK+TNYEFZHg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:38:43 -0500
From:   Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bryan Whitehead <bryan.whitehead@...rochip.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        David S Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] lan743x: fix rx_napi_poll/interrupt ping-pong

Hi Jakub,

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 12:03 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Applied, thanks Sven.
>
> I'll leave it out of our stable submission, and expect Sasha's
> autoselection bot to pick it up. This should give us more time
> for testing before the patch makes its way to stable trees.
> Let's see how this idea works out for us in practice.

Thank you !

While I believe that this patch is sound, I can also understand
your caution: it's not a simple bug-fix, and I also don't
have the opportunity to test this on x86.