netdev - Re: [RFC net-next v4 5/9] net: napi: Add napi

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 11:19:24 -0700
From: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next v4 5/9] net: napi: Add napi_config

On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 11:52:36PM +0000, Joe Damato wrote:
> Add a persistent NAPI config area for NAPI configuration to the core.
> Drivers opt-in to setting the persistent config for a NAPI by passing an
> index when calling netif_napi_add_config.
> 
> napi_config is allocated in alloc_netdev_mqs, freed in free_netdev
> (after the NAPIs are deleted).
> 
> Drivers which call netif_napi_add_config will have persistent per-NAPI
> settings: NAPI IDs, gro_flush_timeout, and defer_hard_irq settings.
> 
> Per-NAPI settings are saved in napi_disable and restored in napi_enable.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Martin Karsten <mkarsten@...terloo.ca>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Karsten <mkarsten@...terloo.ca>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
> ---
>  .../networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst  |  1 +
>  include/linux/netdevice.h                     | 32 ++++++++
>  net/core/dev.c                                | 79 +++++++++++++++++--
>  net/core/dev.h                                | 14 ++++
>  4 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

[...]
  
> +/**
> + * netif_napi_add_config - initialize a NAPI context with persistent config
> + * @dev: network device
> + * @napi: NAPI context
> + * @poll: polling function
> + * @weight: the poll weight of this NAPI

For anyone following along, I noticed this unnecessary bit of kdoc
left in from a previous revision and will remove it when submitting
v5.