From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933051AbcGIDMb (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2016 23:12:31 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:57560 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932844AbcGIDMX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2016 23:12:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:12:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20160708.231221.2165509764297884160.davem@davemloft.net> To: kys@exchange.microsoft.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com, jasowang@redhat.com, leann.ogasawara@canonical.com, kys@microsoft.com Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND net-next] netvsc: Use the new in-place consumption APIs in the rx path From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1467762766-1442-1-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> References: <1467762766-1442-1-git-send-email-kys@exchange.microsoft.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / 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-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 08 Jul 2016 20:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: kys@exchange.microsoft.com Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 16:52:46 -0700 > From: K. Y. Srinivasan > > Use the new APIs for eliminating a copy on the receive path. These new APIs also > help in minimizing the number of memory barriers we end up issuing (in the > ringbuffer code) since we can better control when we want to expose the ring > state to the host. > > The patch is being resent to address earlier email issues. > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan Applied.