Re: question about netif_rx

[Francois Romieu]

Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> :
> To my limited understanding, in a NAPI polling function, one should use 
> netif_receive_skb, rather than netif_rx.

Nit: or napi_gro_receive (+ napi_gro_flush with __napi_complete) when the
device offers some checksum offloading features.

> However, the via-velocity driver defines the NAPI polling function
> velocity_poll, which is the only caller of velocity_rx_srv, which
> is the only caller of velocity_receive_frame, which calls netif_rx.
> The call to netif_rx seems to predate the introduction of NAPI in
> this driver.  Is this correct?

You are right. It's a leftover of the NAPI changes in this driver.

Can you send a netif_receive_skb replacement patch for it ?

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Ueimor
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