Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: sh_eth: use NAPI

["Shimoda, Yoshihiro" <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

2012/06/12 14:48, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 14:19 +0900, Shimoda, Yoshihiro wrote:
< snip >
>> +	if ((mdp->cur_tx - mdp->dirty_tx) >= (mdp->num_tx_ring - 4)) {
>> +		if (netif_msg_tx_queued(mdp)) {
>> +			dev_warn(&ndev->dev, "TxFD exhausted.\n");
>> +			netif_stop_queue(ndev);
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>>  }
> 
> 
> I have no idea why you call netif_stop_queue() only if
> netif_msg_tx_queued(mdp)
> 
> You should test your driver under heavy TX load.
> 

Thank you for the point.
I checked the netif-msg.txt about netif_msg_tx_queued(). It is one of
the network interface message level setting. So, the driver's behavior
should not be changed by the level, I think.
I will modify the patch.

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda
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