From: Dan Collins <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:49:25 +1300 > Make TPACKET_V3 signal poll when block is closed rather than for every > packet. Side effect is that poll will be signaled when block retire > timer expires which didn't previously happen. Issue was visible when > sending packets at a very low frequency such that all blocks are retired > before packets are received by TPACKET_V3. This caused avoidable packet > loss. The fix ensures that the signal is sent when blocks are closed > which covers the normal path where the block is filled as well as the > path where the timer expires. The case where a block is filled without > moving to the next block (ie. all blocks are full) will still cause poll > to be signaled. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Collins <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html