[EXTERNAL] Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v11 06/10] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add ICSSG ethernet driver

Anwar, Md Danish a0501179 at ti.com
Thu Jul 27 02:12:39 PDT 2023


On 7/26/2023 9:07 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:01:23 +0530 Md Danish Anwar wrote:
>> I think MAX_SKB_FRAGS is OK. If the available pool = MAX_SKB_FRAGS we should be
>> able to wake the queue.
> 
> MAX_SKB_FRAGS only counts frags and you also need space to map the head, no?
> 
> In general we advise to wait until there's at least 2 * MAX_SKB_FRAGS
> to avoid frequent sleep/wake cycles. But IDK how long your queue is,
> maybe it's too much.
> 
>> No I don't think any lock is required here. emac_set_port_state() aquires lock
>> before updating port status. Also emac_ndo_set_rx_mode_work() is scheduled by a
>> singlethreaded workqueue.
> 
> if (netif_running()) outside of any locks is usually a red flag, but if
> you're confident it's fine it's fine :)

Sure Jakub. I will keep these as it is.

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Thanks and Regards,
Md Danish Anwar



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