Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll_poll | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Tue, 5 Mar 2013 17:28:40 +0000 |
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On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 17:26 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 09:56 -0800, Eliezer Tamir wrote: > > Add the ixgbe driver code implementing ndo_ll_poll. > > It should be easy for other drivers to do something similar > > in order to enable support for CONFIG_INET_LL_RX_POLL > > Yes... in fact I wonder whether the lock and state couldn't be added to > napi_struct instead of being driver-specific. [...]
That would potentially allow GRO to detect that it's being called in low-latency context...
Ben.
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