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sfc: remove ndo_poll_controller
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:31:59 +0000 (09:31 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:12:29 +0000 (11:12 -0700)
commit10fda7773a38a9aed088583dda1cb366770f0670
tree4c613ed3dfd53a10c2592d10e168e1366d4f4a27
parent7836c4efcdedac9cb5d03b536176e5b77cd22252
sfc: remove ndo_poll_controller

As diagnosed by Song Liu, ndo_poll_controller() can
be very dangerous on loaded hosts, since the cpu
calling ndo_poll_controller() might steal all NAPI
contexts (for all RX/TX queues of the NIC). This capture
can last for unlimited amount of time, since one
cpu is generally not able to drain all the queues under load.

sfc uses NAPI for TX completions, so we better let core
networking stack call the napi->poll() to avoid the capture.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Cc: Bert Kenward <bkenward@solarflare.com>
Cc: Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com>
Acked-By: Bert Kenward <bkenward@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c