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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_en: reception NAPI/IRQ race breaker
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:03:04 -0800
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On Sun, 2017-02-26 at 09:40 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> NAPI_STATE_SCHED
> 
> Actually we could use an additional bit for that, that the driver would
> set even if NAPI_STATE_SCHED could not be grabbed.

Just to be clear :

Drivers would require no change, this would be done in
existing helpers.