Re: [PATCH v8 net-next 6/7] ixgbe: add support for ndo_ll_poll

+/* called from the device poll rutine to get ownership of a q_vector */
+static inline bool ixgbe_qv_lock_napi(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector)
+{
+	int rc = true;

+	spin_lock(&q_vector->lock);
+	if (q_vector->state & IXGBE_QV_LOCKED) {
+		WARN_ON(q_vector->state & IXGBE_QV_STATE_NAPI);
+		q_vector->state |= IXGBE_QV_STATE_NAPI_YIELD;
+		rc = false;
+	} else
+		/* we don't care if someone yielded */
+		q_vector->state = IXGBE_QV_STATE_NAPI;
+	spin_unlock(&q_vector->lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* returns true is someone tried to get the qv while napi had it */
+static inline bool ixgbe_qv_unlock_napi(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector)
+{
+	int rc = false;

+	spin_lock(&q_vector->lock);
+	WARN_ON(q_vector->state & (IXGBE_QV_STATE_POLL |
+			       IXGBE_QV_STATE_NAPI_YIELD));
+
+	if (q_vector->state & IXGBE_QV_STATE_POLL_YIELD)
+		rc = true;
+	q_vector->state = IXGBE_QV_STATE_IDLE;
+	spin_unlock(&q_vector->lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* called from ixgbe_low_latency_poll() */
+static inline bool ixgbe_qv_lock_poll(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector)
+{
+	int rc = true;

+	spin_lock_bh(&q_vector->lock);
+	if ((q_vector->state & IXGBE_QV_LOCKED)) {
+		q_vector->state |= IXGBE_QV_STATE_POLL_YIELD;
+		rc = false;
+	} else
+		/* preserve yield marks */
+		q_vector->state |= IXGBE_QV_STATE_POLL;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&q_vector->lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* returns true if someone tried to get the qv while it was locked */
+static inline bool ixgbe_qv_unlock_poll(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector)
+{
+	int rc = false;

+	spin_lock_bh(&q_vector->lock);
+	WARN_ON(q_vector->state & (IXGBE_QV_STATE_NAPI));
+
+	if (q_vector->state & IXGBE_QV_STATE_POLL_YIELD)
+		rc = true;
+	q_vector->state = IXGBE_QV_STATE_IDLE;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&q_vector->lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+