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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: john.r.fastabend@intel.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC net-2.6 PATCH] ixgbe: need to purge skb qdisc lists when changing real_num_tx_queues
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:19:30 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100628.211930.102546288.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100621052520.2417.65984.stgit@jf-dev1-dcblab>

From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:25:20 -0700

> This patch exports dev_deactivate() symbol.
> 
> The qdisc needs to be purged when real_num_tx_queues is
> changed so that skbs do not hit ndo_start_xmit with
> queue_mappings corresponding to tx_rings already freed.
> 
> real_num_tx_queues is changed when dynamically enabling or
> disabling DCB or FCoE.  To purge the qdisc use dev_deactivate().
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com>

Whatever it is that needs to happen when real_num_tx_queues changes
outght to be transparent to drivers.

Therefore we should hide all of these details behind a well named
interface drivers can call when they need to change real_num_tx_queues.

      reply	other threads:[~2010-06-29  4:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-21  5:25 [RFC net-2.6 PATCH] ixgbe: need to purge skb qdisc lists when changing real_num_tx_queues John Fastabend
2010-06-29  4:19 ` David Miller [this message]

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