netdev - RE: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net v1] octeontx2-pf: Fix page pool cache index corruption.

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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 08:46:51 +0000
From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
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Subject: RE: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net v1] octeontx2-pf: Fix page pool cache
 index corruption.

> From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> Subject: Re: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net v1] octeontx2-pf: Fix page pool cache
> index corruption.
> 
> NAPI. (The timer CPU and the worker CPU can be different.) 
ACK. 

> I prefer to be precise what is going on so there are no surprises.
ACK.

 
> I'm not against the worker (with the extra steps) but I prefer to have napi
> schedule done properly.
ACK. Will add local_bh_enable() and keep workqueue. As only interrupt that can
Occur at high rate is rx interrupts, and is disabled while workqueue is scheduled (from NAPI).