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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2013-03-05 15:57:22 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-03-05 23:40:01 -0500
commit82dc3c63c692b1e1d59378ecee948ac88e034aad (patch)
treed324df2801b34974e8735ac79f28ca43298bea53 /include/linux/netdevice.h
parentdd9f319d94c99b96fc9b34ccde7389a91059fe31 (diff)
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net: introduce NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT
Some drivers use a too big NAPI poll weight. This patch adds a NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT default value and issues an error message if a driver attempts to use a bigger weight. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b3d00fa..896eb49 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1475,6 +1475,11 @@ static inline void *netdev_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
*/
#define SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, devtype) ((net)->dev.type = (devtype))
+/* Default NAPI poll() weight
+ * Device drivers are strongly advised to not use bigger value
+ */
+#define NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT 64
+
/**
* netif_napi_add - initialize a napi context
* @dev: network device
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