[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH bpf-next v4 7/8] net/mlx5e: Move the SW XSK code from NAPI poll to a separate function

Jonathan Lemon jonathan.lemon at gmail.com
Wed Aug 14 14:53:51 UTC 2019



On 14 Aug 2019, at 0:27, Magnus Karlsson wrote:

> From: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi at mellanox.com>
>
> Two XSK tasks are performed during NAPI polling, that are not bound to
> hardware interrupts: TXing packets and polling for frames in the Fill
> Ring. They are special in a way that the hardware doesn't know about
> these tasks, so it doesn't trigger interrupts if there is still some
> work to be done, it's our driver's responsibility to ensure NAPI will be
> rescheduled if needed.
>
> Create a new function to handle these tasks and move the corresponding
> code from mlx5e_napi_poll to the new function to improve modularity and
> prepare for the changes in the following patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi at mellanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt at mellanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm at mellanox.com>

Acked-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon at gmail.com>


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