Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: napi: Skip last poll when arming gro timer in busy poll

[Martin Karsten]

On 2026-05-15 15:46, Martin Karsten wrote:
> Skip the extra call to napi->poll(), if the gro timer is armed at the
> end of busy polling. This removes the need for having a separate
> __busy_poll_stop() routine and its code is moved directly into the
> relevant places in busy_poll_stop(). Remove obsolete comment about
> ndo_busy_poll_stop().
>
> This is a follow-up to commit 58e2330bd455 ("net: napi: Avoid gro timer
> misfiring at end of busypoll"), which has deferred arming the gro timer
> to the end of __busy_poll_stop() to eliminate a race condition between
> a short timer and long poll that could leave the queue stuck with
> interrupts disabled and no timer armed.

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Best,
Martin