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From: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
To: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	<devel@driverdev.osuosl.org>, <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>,
	David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>,
	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>, <richard@nod.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: octeon-ethernet: make dropped packets to consume NAPI budget
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:55:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5228D3B7.505@caviumnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378406641-16530-2-git-send-email-aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>

On 09/05/2013 11:43 AM, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> We should count also dropped packets, otherwise the NAPI handler may
> end up running too long.

Is this actually a problem?

If so ... the patch looks sane and you and add Acked-by me.

>
> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
> index 34afc16..10e5416 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
> @@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ static int cvm_oct_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>   			if (backlog > budget * cores_in_use && napi != NULL)
>   				cvm_oct_enable_one_cpu();
>   		}
> +		rx_count++;
>
>   		skb_in_hw = USE_SKBUFFS_IN_HW && work->word2.s.bufs == 1;
>   		if (likely(skb_in_hw)) {
> @@ -429,7 +430,6 @@ static int cvm_oct_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>   #endif
>   				}
>   				netif_receive_skb(skb);
> -				rx_count++;
>   			} else {
>   				/* Drop any packet received for a device that isn't up */
>   				/*
>

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
To: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org,
	David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>,
	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
	richard@nod.at
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] staging: octeon-ethernet: make dropped packets to consume NAPI budget
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:55:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5228D3B7.505@caviumnetworks.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20130905185551.JyRNh_7sv92D4dkPjnqGMqqtKOKFLohfnjDb2WsIamg@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1378406641-16530-2-git-send-email-aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>

On 09/05/2013 11:43 AM, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> We should count also dropped packets, otherwise the NAPI handler may
> end up running too long.

Is this actually a problem?

If so ... the patch looks sane and you and add Acked-by me.

>
> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
> index 34afc16..10e5416 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
> @@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ static int cvm_oct_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>   			if (backlog > budget * cores_in_use && napi != NULL)
>   				cvm_oct_enable_one_cpu();
>   		}
> +		rx_count++;
>
>   		skb_in_hw = USE_SKBUFFS_IN_HW && work->word2.s.bufs == 1;
>   		if (likely(skb_in_hw)) {
> @@ -429,7 +430,6 @@ static int cvm_oct_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>   #endif
>   				}
>   				netif_receive_skb(skb);
> -				rx_count++;
>   			} else {
>   				/* Drop any packet received for a device that isn't up */
>   				/*
>

  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-05 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-05 18:43 octeon-ethernet: bug fixes Aaro Koskinen
2013-09-05 18:43 ` [PATCH 1/3] staging: octeon-ethernet: make dropped packets to consume NAPI budget Aaro Koskinen
2013-09-05 18:55   ` David Daney [this message]
2013-09-05 18:55     ` David Daney
2013-09-05 18:44 ` [PATCH 2/3] staging: octeon-ethernet: remove skb alloc failure warnings Aaro Koskinen
2013-09-05 18:57   ` David Daney
2013-09-05 18:44 ` [PATCH 3/3] staging: octeon-ethernet: rgmii: enable interrupts that we can handle Aaro Koskinen
2013-09-05 19:00   ` David Daney
2013-09-05 19:00     ` David Daney

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