netdev - Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: send notification coalescing command only if value changed

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:10:58 +0200
From:   Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@...id-run.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: send notification coalescing command only if
 value changed

> We'll always just do 2 commands, right?

This is my point, we are sending 2 commands at the moment, even though
one of them may be unnecessary.

> E.g. if a card lost the config resending it might help fix things.

How can it lose the config?
We can  say the same about every command sent through the control vq.

> I don't think we should bother at this point.

Ok, I'll drop it.


Alvaro