netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: Remove custom ndo_poll

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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 11:23:24 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>, 
	Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bcmgenet: Remove custom ndo_poll_controller()

On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 8:19 PM Florian Fainelli
<florian.fainelli@...adcom.com> wrote:
>
> The driver gained a .ndo_poll_controller() at a time where the TX
> cleaning process was always done from NAPI which makes this unnecessary.
> See commit ac3d9dd034e5 ("netpoll: make ndo_poll_controller() optional")
> for more background.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Yes, many drivers should do the same...