From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757004AbaDWStM (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:49:12 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:50756 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754612AbaDWStJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:49:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:49:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20140423.144907.2086744325555588840.davem@davemloft.net> To: haiyangz@microsoft.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kys@microsoft.com, olaf@aepfle.de, jasowang@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next,v2,1/2] hyperv: Remove recv_pkt_list and lock From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1398117284-5236-1-git-send-email-haiyangz@microsoft.com> References: <1398117284-5236-1-git-send-email-haiyangz@microsoft.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:49:09 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Haiyang Zhang Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:54:43 -0700 > Removed recv_pkt_list and lock, and updated related code, so that > the locking overhead is reduced especially when multiple channels > are in use. > > The recv_pkt_list isn't actually necessary because the packets are > processed sequentially in each channel. It has been replaced by a > local variable, and the related lock for this list is also removed. > The is_data_pkt field is not used in receive path, so its assignment > is cleaned up. > > Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang > Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan Applied.