[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH bpf-next 0/6] xsk: exit NAPI loop when AF_XDP Rx ring is full
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
brouer at redhat.com
Wed Sep 9 15:37:14 UTC 2020
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 13:32:01 +0300
Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi at nvidia.com> wrote:
> From the driver API perspective, I would prefer to see a simpler API if
> possible. The current API exposes things that the driver shouldn't know
> (BPF map type), and requires XSK-specific handling. It would be better
> if some specific error code returned from xdp_do_redirect was reserved
> to mean "exit NAPI early if you support it". This way we wouldn't need
> two new helpers, two xdp_do_redirect functions, and this approach would
> be extensible to other non-XSK use cases without further changes in the
> driver, and also the logic to opt-in the feature could be put inside the
> kernel.
I agree.
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Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
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