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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/17] sfc: Break NAPI processing after one ring-full
 of TX completions
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:46:17 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:29:42 +0100

> Currently TX completions do not count towards the NAPI budget.  This
> means a continuous stream of TX completions can cause the polling
> function to loop indefinitely with scheduling disabled.  To avoid
> this, follow the common practice of reporting the budget spent after
> processing one ring-full of TX completions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>

Applied.