On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 07:32:49AM +, Mark Brown wrote:
This patch against 2.6.14 converts the natsemi driver to use NAPI. It
was originally based on one written by Harald Welte, though it has since
been modified quite a bit, most extensively in order to remove the
ability to disable NAPI
This patch against 2.6.14 converts the natsemi driver to use NAPI. It
was originally based on one written by Harald Welte, though it has since
been modified quite a bit, most extensively in order to remove the
ability to disable NAPI since none of the other drivers seem to provide
that
This patch against 2.6.14 converts the natsemi driver to use NAPI. It
was originally based on one written by Harald Welte, though it has since
been modified quite a bit, most extensively in order to remove the
ability to disable NAPI since none of the other drivers seem to provide
that
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 07:25:20PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Was it updated per the comments you received on the first posting?
I think I addressed everything, yes.
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This patch against 2.6.14 converts the natsemi driver to use NAPI. It
was originally based on one written by Harald Welte, though it has since
been modified quite a bit, most extensively in order to remove the
ability to disable NAPI since none of the other drivers seem to provide
that
Mark Brown wrote:
This patch against 2.6.14 converts the natsemi driver to use NAPI. It
was originally based on one written by Harald Welte, though it has since
been modified quite a bit, most extensively in order to remove the
ability to disable NAPI since none of the other drivers seem to
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:56:19PM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
netif_rx_schedule_prep return netif_running(dev)
dev_close clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, dev-state);
Oh, of course - thanks for bearing wth me. Will fix that too and
resubmit.
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:19:34AM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
Mark Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
I had been under the impression that the stack was supposed to make sure
that no poll() is running before the driver close() gets called?
Not exactly. dev_close() waits a bit but it can not be
Mark Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
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Prior to waiting dev_close() clears __LINK_STATE_START which will cause
netif_rx_schedule_prep() to return false.
As far as I can see that should prevent the interrupt handler scheduling
any further poll() calls?
netif_rx_schedule_prep return
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 12:12:09AM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
- netif_poll_disable() may sleep while a spinlock is held.
So it can, thanks.
Btw, the poll/close routines seem racy with each other.
I had been under the impression that the stack was supposed to make sure
that no poll() is
Mark Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
[...]
I had been under the impression that the stack was supposed to make sure
that no poll() is running before the driver close() gets called ?
Not exactly. dev_close() waits a bit but it can not be sure that the
device driver will not schedule -poll() from its
This patch against 2.6.14 converts the natsemi driver to use NAPI. It
was originally based on one written by Harald Welte, though it has since
been modified quite a bit, most extensively in order to remove the
ability to disable NAPI since none of the other drivers seem to provide
that
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