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SubjectRE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded irq for control ring
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Gross [mailto:jgross@suse.com]
> Sent: 22 September 2016 11:17
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>; xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org;
> netdev@vger.kernel.orga <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded irq
> for control ring
>
> On 22/09/16 11:09, Paul Durrant wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Xen-devel [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Juergen Gross
> >> Sent: 22 September 2016 10:03
> >> To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; netdev@vger.kernel.orga; linux-
> >> kernel@vger.kernel.org
> >> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>; Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
> >> Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] xen-netback: switch to threaded
> >> irq for control ring
> >>
> >> Instead of open coding it use the threaded irq mechanism in xen-netback.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> >
> > How have you tested this change?
>
> Only compile-tested and loaded the module. As this feature isn't being used
> in linux netfront AFAIK it is not easily testable. OTOH the code modification is
> rather limited and I've used the threaded irq in the Xen scsiback driver
> myself, so I'm rather confident it will work.
>

OK. How about doing the rx interrupt/task too so that it can be easily tested with a linux netfront?

Paul

>
> Juergen

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