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Message-ID: <20240326130912.GF1108818@ragnatech.se>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:09:12 +0100
From: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
To: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>
Cc: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: ravb: Always process TX descriptor ring
On 2024-03-26 09:54:04 +0000, Paul Barker wrote:
> On 26/03/2024 09:38, Niklas Söderlund wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Thanks for your work.
> >
> > On 2024-03-26 08:37:39 +0000, Paul Barker wrote:
> >> The TX queue should be serviced each time the poll function is called,
> >> even if the full RX work budget has been consumed. This prevents
> >> starvation of the TX queue when RX bandwidth usage is high.
> >
> > Is this not a design decision? That the driver should prioritize Rx over
> > Tx if there is contention. I have no opinion on if this design is good
> > or bad, I let Sergey judge that.
> >
> >>
> >> Fixes: a0d2f20650e8 ("Renesas Ethernet AVB PTP clock driver")
> >
> > However, I do not think it is a bug and should not have a fixes tag.
> > Also this fixes tag is incorrect, this points to the commit where ravb.c
> > was renamed ravb_main.c. ravb_poll() is not touched by this commit.
>
> Sergey identified these as bugfixes in the following emails:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/a364963f-4e4f-dba5-cb59-b2125c14e8fc@omp.ru/
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/c58ab319-222b-5ab0-0924-7774a473e276@omp.ru/
I see, I missed that. I do not agree, this is not a bugfix, it changes a
design decision and the behavior of the driver.
@Sergey: What do you think? If you feel strongly about this being a bug
I will yield.
>
> I got the wrong fixes tag though, it should be:
> Fixes: c156633f1353 ("Renesas Ethernet AVB driver proper")
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Paul Barker
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Kind Regards,
Niklas Söderlund
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