[openib-general] [PATCH] IB/ipoib: NAPI

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Mon Sep 25 00:41:55 PDT 2006


Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/ipoib: NAPI
> 
>  > > So probably what we need is a feature bit in the struct ib_device
>  > > to say whether the peek CQ is needed or whether req notify will
>  > > generate events for existing CQEs.
> 
>  > Sounds good to me
> 
> The biggest problem I have with this is that I don't know what to call
> the feature bit.  Any suggestions?

Actually, the reason it is hard to come up with
the name is that what this enables is the natural
poll/request notification order.

Maybe set bit for the lack of the feature? REQUIRES_POLL_AFTER_ARM?

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MST




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