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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-s390 <linux-s390@vger.kernel.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
	Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.ibm.com>,
	Karsten Graul <kgraul@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] s390/qeth: use all configured RX buffers
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:37:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200730163714.7d6a5017@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200730150121.18005-5-jwi@linux.ibm.com>

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:01:21 +0200 Julian Wiedmann wrote:
> The (misplaced) comment doesn't make any sense, enforcing an
> uninitialized RX buffer won't help with IRQ reduction.
> 
> So make the best use of all available RX buffers.

Often one entry in the ring is left free to make it easy to
differentiate between empty and full conditions. 

Is this not the reason here?

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-30 23:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-30 15:01 [PATCH net-next 0/4] s390/qeth: updates 2020-07-30 Julian Wiedmann
2020-07-30 15:01 ` [PATCH net-next 1/4] s390/qeth: tolerate pre-filled RX buffer Julian Wiedmann
2020-07-30 15:01 ` [PATCH net-next 2/4] s390/qeth: integrate RX refill worker with NAPI Julian Wiedmann
2020-07-30 15:01 ` [PATCH net-next 3/4] s390/qeth: don't process empty bridge port events Julian Wiedmann
2020-07-30 15:01 ` [PATCH net-next 4/4] s390/qeth: use all configured RX buffers Julian Wiedmann
2020-07-30 23:37   ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2020-07-31  7:50     ` Julian Wiedmann
2020-07-30 23:39 ` [PATCH net-next 0/4] s390/qeth: updates 2020-07-30 Jakub Kicinski
2020-07-31 23:44 ` David Miller

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