Re: [RFC] net: napi fix

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Dec 13 2007 - 15:38:53 EST


From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:35:07 -0800

> How about allowing a return value of -1 from napi_poll and letting
> device check itself.

It doesn't avoid the code duplication in the ->poll() fast paths.

I don't care, on the other hand, if crap accumulates in non-critical
slow paths like napi_disable() and dev_close(). That's why I'm
suggesting solutions in that area.
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