lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2019]   [Nov]   [24]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v2] drivers: net: virtio_net: Implement a dev_watchdog handler
On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 08:33:40PM -0200, Julio Faracco wrote:
> >
> > netdev: pass the stuck queue to the timeout handler
> >
> > This allows incrementing the correct timeout statistic without any mess.
> > Down the road, devices can learn to reset just the specific queue.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > Warning: untested.
> >
>
> Question...
> Wouldn't be better to create a module parameter instead change the
> function scope?

Passing the value in a global variable? That fails to be reentrant ...

> I'm asking it because how many modules would effectively take advantage of it?

The cost is effectively 0 though.

--
MST

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2019-11-24 11:53    [W:0.420 / U:0.028 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site