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@ 2013-06-03  8:01 Eliezer Tamir
  2013-06-03  8:01 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 1/7] net: add napi_id and hash Eliezer Tamir
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From: Eliezer Tamir @ 2013-06-03  8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller
  Cc: linux-kernel, netdev, Jesse Brandeburg, Don Skidmore, e1000-devel,
	Willem de Bruijn, Eric Dumazet, Ben Hutchings, Andi Kleen, HPA,
	Eilon Greenstien, Or Gerlitz, Alex Rosenbaum, Eliezer Tamir

David,

Here is v8 with yet more fixes.

Please consider applying.

Thanks to everyone for their input.

-Eliezer

change log:
v8
- split out udp and select/poll into seperate patches.
  what used to be patch 2/5 is now three patches.
- type corrections from Amir Vadai and Cong Wang:
  one unsigned long that was left when chenging to cycles_t
  int -> bool 
- more detailed patch descriptions.

v7
- suggested by Ben Hutchings and Eric Dumazet:
  type fixes, static for globals in net/core.c,
  avoid napi_id collisions in napi_hash_add()

v6
- many small fixes suggested by Eric Dumazet:
  data locality, typos, documentation
  protect napi_hash insert/delete with a spinlock (napi_gen_id is no
  longer atomic_t since it's only accessed with the spinlock held.)
- added IPv6 TCP and UDP support (only minimally tested)

v5
- corrections suggested by Ben Hutchings:
  fixed typos, moved the config option and sysctl value from IPv4 to net
- moved sk_mark_ll() to the protocol handlers
- removed global id mechanism, replaced with a hashed napi_id.
  based on code sample from Eric Dumazet
  Note that ixgbe_free_q_vector() already waits an rcu grace period
  before freeing the q_vector, so nothing additional needs to be done
  when adding a call to napi_hash_del().
- simple poll/select support

v4
- removed separate config option for TCP as suggested Eric Dumazet.
- added linux mib counter for packets received through the low latency path,
  as suggested by Andi Kleen.
- re-allow module unloading, remove module param, use a global generation id
  instead to prevent the use of a stale napi pointer, as suggested
  by Eric Dumazet
- updated Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt text

v3
- coding style changes suggested by Dave Miller

v2
- the sysctl knob is now in microseconds. The default value is now 0 (off).
- for now the code depends at configure time on CONFIG_I86_TSC 
- the napi reference in struct skb is now a union with the dma cookie
  since the former is only used on RX and the latter on TX,
  as suggested by Eric Dumazet.
- we do a better job at honoring non-blocking operations.
- removed busy-polling support for tcp_read_sock()
- remove dynamic disabling of GRO
- coding style fixes
- disallow unloading the device module after the feature has been used

Credit:
Jesse Brandeburg, Arun Chekhov Ilango, Julie Cummings,
Alexander Duyck, Eric Geisler, Jason Neighbors, Yadong Li,
Mike Polehn, Anil Vasudevan, Don Wood
Special thanks for finding bugs in earlier versions:
Willem de Bruijn and Andi Kleen

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2013-06-03  8:01 [PATCH v8 net-next 0/7] net: low latency Ethernet device polling Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03  8:01 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 1/7] net: add napi_id and hash Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03 12:58   ` Eric Dumazet
2013-06-03  8:01 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 2/7] net: add low latency socket poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03 12:22   ` Amir Vadai
2013-06-03 13:05   ` Eric Dumazet
2013-06-03 13:53     ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03  8:01 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 3/7] udp: add low latency socket poll support Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03 13:08   ` Eric Dumazet
2013-06-03  8:01 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 4/7] tcp: " Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03 13:09   ` Eric Dumazet
2013-06-03  8:02 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 5/7] net: simple poll/select low latency socket poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03 13:15   ` Eric Dumazet
2013-06-03 13:59     ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-04  8:52       ` Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03  8:02 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 6/7] ixgbe: add support for ndo_ll_poll Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-05  8:50   ` Cong Wang
2013-06-03  8:02 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 7/7] ixgbe: add extra stats " Eliezer Tamir
2013-06-03 11:23 ` [PATCH v8 net-next 0/7] net: low latency Ethernet device polling Amir Vadai

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