On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:30:33 +0100
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@xilinx.com> wrote:
> >> But this change would cause KNI kernel module does not work in the old
> >> kernel
> >> without this patch. I suggested using netif_rx_ni to keep compatibility.
> >
> > netif_rx() API exists from very older versions of kernel before v2.6. There
> > will be
> > no compilation issues. Only difference was, netif_rx_ni() can be used in
> > noninterrupt contexts
> > to improve performance.
>
> May not be compilation issue, but with old kernels won't the behavior be
> different when 'netif_rx_ni()' switched to 'netif_rx()
Probably best handled by #ifdef on kernel version but will be
a mess for backports to distro kernels.
Looks like:
Older -> New
netif_rx_ni netif_rx
neitf_rx __netif_rx
