Re: [PATCH net-next] tuntap: XDP_TX can use native XDP

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Mar 15 2018 - 09:32:13 EST


On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 04:39:25PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
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> On 2018å03æ14æ 11:37, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > return NULL;
> > > case XDP_TX:
> > > - xdp_xmit = true;
> > > - /* fall through */
> > > + get_page(alloc_frag->page);
> > > + alloc_frag->offset += buflen;
> > > + if (tun_xdp_xmit(tun->dev, &xdp))
> > > + goto err_redirect;
> > > + tun_xdp_flush(tun->dev);
> > Why do we have to flush here though?
> > It might be a good idea to document the reason in a code comment.
> >
>
> ndo_xdp_xmit() does not touch doorbell, so we need a ndo_xdp_flush() here.
> It's the assumption of XDP API I think, so not sure it's worth to mention it
> here.
>
> Thanks

Can't one flush we called after multiple xmit calls?