netdev - RE: [net-next PATCH v2 0/9] Introduce NAPI queues support

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Message-ID: <22603595289e4e86b6d61f0146b2e25d@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:24:16 +0000
From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To: 'Amritha Nambiar' <amritha.nambiar@...el.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: "sridhar.samudrala@...el.com" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next PATCH v2 0/9] Introduce NAPI queues support

From: Amritha Nambiar
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:25 AM
> 
> Introduce support for associating NAPI instances with
> corresponding RX and TX queue set. Add the capability
> to export NAPI information supported by the device.
> Extend the netdev_genl generic netlink family for netdev
> with NAPI data. The NAPI fields exposed are:
> - NAPI id
> - NAPI device ifindex
> - queue/queue-set (both RX and TX) associated with each
>   NAPI instance
> - Interrupt number associated with the NAPI instance
> - PID for the NAPI thread
> 
> This series only supports 'get' ability for retrieving
> certain NAPI attributes. The 'set' ability for setting
> queue[s] associated with a NAPI instance via netdev-genl
> will be submitted as a separate patch series.
> 
> Previous discussion at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/c8476530638a5f4381d64db0e024ed49c2db3b02.camel@gmail.com/T/#m00999652a8
> b4731fbdb7bf698d2e3666c65a60e7

Not of this answers: what is it for?

	David

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