Re: [PATCH repost] netpoll: trapping fix/cleanup

2007-04-28 Thread Matt Mackall
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 04:56:23PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Hello. > > Matt Mackall wrote: > > >>CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely > >>bypassed in > >>the netpoll's "trapped" mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers > >>with > >>short TX queues (m

Re: [PATCH repost] netpoll: trapping fix/cleanup

2007-04-28 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
Hello. Matt Mackall wrote: CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in the netpoll's "trapped" mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). Make this option more sensible by only bypass

Re: [PATCH repost] netpoll: trapping fix/cleanup

2007-04-27 Thread Matt Mackall
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:44:00PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in > the netpoll's "trapped" mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with > short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). > Mak

[PATCH repost] netpoll: trapping fix/cleanup

2007-04-27 Thread Sergei Shtylyov
CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in the netpoll's "trapped" mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). Make this option more sensible by only bypassing TX softirq wakeup and remov