netdev - Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/9] octeon

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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2022 16:16:26 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Liron Himi <lironh@...vell.com>,
        Abhijit Ayarekar <aayarekar@...vell.com>,
        Sathesh B Edara <sedara@...vell.com>,
        Satananda Burla <sburla@...vell.com>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/9] octeon_ep: poll for control
 messages

On Mon, 5 Dec 2022 10:10:34 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > These messages include periodic keep alive (heartbeat) messages
> > from FW and control messages from VFs. Every PF will be listening
> > for its own control messages.  
> 
> @netdev, as I said, I don't know if it is valid behaviour in netdev.
> Can you please comment?

Polling for control messages every 100ms?  Sure.

You say "valid in netdev" so perhaps you can educate us where/why it
would not be?