[0/2] virtio-net: a fix and some updates for virtio dim

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Heng Qi March 21, 2024, 11:45 a.m. UTC

Patch 1 fixes an existing bug. Belongs to the net branch.
Patch 2 attempts to modify the sending of dim cmds to an asynchronous way.

Heng Qi (2):
  virtio-net: fix possible dim status unrecoverable
  virtio-net: reduce the CPU consumption of dim worker

 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 273 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 246 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

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Jiri Pirko March 21, 2024, 12:25 p.m. UTC | #1

Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:45:55PM CET, [e-mail] wrote:
>Patch 1 fixes an existing bug. Belongs to the net branch.

Send separately with "net" indication in the patch brackets:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html?highlight=network#tl-dr


>Patch 2 attempts to modify the sending of dim cmds to an asynchronous way.
Not a bugfix, then send separately with "net-next" indication. Net-next
is currently closed, send it next week.


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>Heng Qi (2):
>  virtio-net: fix possible dim status unrecoverable
>  virtio-net: reduce the CPU consumption of dim worker

The name of the driver is "virtio_net".



pw-bot: cr


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> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 273 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 246 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
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>-- 
>1.8.3.1
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Heng Qi March 25, 2024, 2:23 a.m. UTC | #2

在 2024/3/21 下午8:25, Jiri Pirko 写道:
> Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 12:45:55PM CET, [e-mail] wrote:
>> Patch 1 fixes an existing bug. Belongs to the net branch.
> Send separately with "net" indication in the patch brackets:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html?highlight=network#tl-dr
>
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>> Patch 2 attempts to modify the sending of dim cmds to an asynchronous way.
> Not a bugfix, then send separately with "net-next" indication. Net-next
> is currently closed, send it next week.

Will do.

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>> Heng Qi (2):
>>   virtio-net: fix possible dim status unrecoverable
>>   virtio-net: reduce the CPU consumption of dim worker
> The name of the driver is "virtio_net".

'git log --grep="^virtio-net:" --oneline' will see a large number of 
"virtio-net" names.

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> pw-bot: cr
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>> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 273 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 246 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>
>> -- 
>> 1.8.3.1
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