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@ 2014-08-06 18:16 Zoltan Kiss
  2014-08-06 18:16 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2 v2] xen-netback: Using a new state bit instead of carrier Zoltan Kiss
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From: Zoltan Kiss @ 2014-08-06 18:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Wei Liu, Ian Campbell
  Cc: Zoltan Kiss, David Vrabel, netdev, linux-kernel, xen-devel

This series starts using carrier off as a way to purge packets when the guest is
not able (or willing) to receive them. It is a much faster way to get rid of
packets waiting for an overwhelmed guest.
The first patch changes current netback code where it relies currently on
netif_carrier_ok.
The second turns off the carrier if the guest times out on a queue, and only
turn it on again if that queue (or queues) resurrects.

Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 

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2014-08-06 18:16 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2 v2] xen-netback: Turn off the carrier if the guest is not able to receive Zoltan Kiss
2014-08-06 18:16 ` [PATCH] xen-netback: Small fixes around internal queue purging Zoltan Kiss
2014-08-06 18:16 ` [PATCH] xen-netback: Change disable flag from bool to a bit Zoltan Kiss
2014-08-06 21:07   ` David Miller
2014-08-07 12:36     ` Zoltan Kiss
2014-08-06 18:17 ` [PATCH net-next 0/2 v2] xen-netback: Changes around carrier handling Zoltan Kiss

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