Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/5] net: implement threaded-able napi poll loop support
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-11-22 00:31:59
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-11-22 00:31:59
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:10:05 -0800 Wei Wang wrote:
+int napi_set_threaded(struct napi_struct *n, bool threaded)
+{
+ ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+ if (n->dev->flags & IFF_UP)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ if (threaded == !!test_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state))
+ return 0;
+ if (threaded)
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state);
+ else
+ clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_THREADED, &n->state);Do we really need the per-NAPI control here? Does anyone have use cases where that makes sense? The user would be guessing which NAPI means which queue and which bit, currently.
+ /* if the device is initializing, nothing todo */ + if (test_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &n->dev->state)) + return 0; + + napi_thread_stop(n); + napi_thread_start(n); + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_set_threaded);
Why was this exported? Do we still need that? Please rejig the patches into a reviewable form. You can use the Co-developed-by tag to give people credit on individual patches.