Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 17/18] net: add netif_napi_del function to allowfor removal of napistructs

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Fri Jul 04 2008 - 08:42:44 EST


Jeff Kirsher wrote:
From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>

Adds netif_napi_del function which is used to remove the napi struct from
the netdev napi_list in cases where CONFIG_NETPOLL was enabled.
The motivation for adding this is to handle the case in which the number of
queues on a device changes due to a configuration change. Previously the
napi structs for each queue would be left in the list until the netdev was
freed.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
---

include/linux/netdevice.h | 13 +++++++++++++
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 1304ad2..42fc98e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -826,6 +826,19 @@ static inline void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev,
set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &napi->state);
}
+/**
+ * netif_napi_del - remove a napi context
+ * @napi: napi context
+ *
+ * netif_napi_del() removes a napi context from the network device napi list
+ */
+static inline void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
+ list_del(&napi->dev_list);
+#endif
+}
+

David - ACK?

I would prefer to throw this in with the 18-patch igb pile, if that's OK with you.

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