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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, edumazet@google.com,
	bhutchings@solarflare.com, therbert@google.com,
	alexander.duyck@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] net: Add new network device function to allow for MMIO batching
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:19:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1342163954.3265.8299.camel@edumazet-glaptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120712002603.27846.23752.stgit@gitlad.jf.intel.com>

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:26 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:

> +static inline void netdev_complete_xmit(struct netdev_queue *txq)
> +{
> +	struct net_device *dev = txq->dev;
> +	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
> +
> +	if (txq->dispatch_pending < txq->dispatch_limit) {
> +		if (netif_tx_queue_delayed(txq)) {
> +			txq->dispatch_pending++;
> +			return;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* start of delayed write sequence */
> +		netif_tx_delay_queue(txq);

	I dont understand this part. Isnt a return missing here ?

> +	}
> +
> +	txq->dispatch_pending = 0;
> +
> +	ops->ndo_complete_xmit(dev, txq - &dev->_tx[0]);
> +}
> +

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-07-13  7:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-12  0:25 [RFC PATCH 0/2] Coalesce MMIO writes for transmits Alexander Duyck
2012-07-12  0:26 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] net: Add new network device function to allow for MMIO batching Alexander Duyck
2012-07-12  7:14   ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-12 15:39     ` Alexander Duyck
2012-07-13  7:38       ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-13 15:37         ` Alexander Duyck
2012-07-13 15:50         ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-07-13 16:23           ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-13  7:19   ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2012-07-13 15:49     ` Alexander Duyck
2012-07-13 16:18       ` Eric Dumazet
2012-07-12  0:26 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: Add functionality for delaying the MMIO write for Tx Alexander Duyck
2012-07-12 17:23 ` [RFC PATCH 0/2] Coalesce MMIO writes for transmits Stephen Hemminger
2012-07-12 19:01   ` Alexander Duyck

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