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docs: networking: convert driver.txt to ReST
- add SPDX header; - add a document title; - mark code blocks and literals as such; - adjust identation, whitespaces and blank lines; - add to networking/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Document about softnet driver issues
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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=====================
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Softnet Driver Issues
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=====================
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Transmit path guidelines:
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transmit function will become busy.
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Instead it must maintain the queue properly. For example,
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for a driver implementing scatter-gather this means:
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for a driver implementing scatter-gather this means::
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static netdev_tx_t drv_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
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struct net_device *dev)
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return NETDEV_TX_OK;
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}
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And then at the end of your TX reclamation event handling:
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And then at the end of your TX reclamation event handling::
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if (netif_queue_stopped(dp->dev) &&
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TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1))
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TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1))
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netif_wake_queue(dp->dev);
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For a non-scatter-gather supporting card, the three tests simply become:
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For a non-scatter-gather supporting card, the three tests simply become::
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/* This is a hard error log it. */
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if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) <= 0)
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and:
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and::
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if (TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) == 0)
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and:
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and::
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if (netif_queue_stopped(dp->dev) &&
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TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > 0)
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TX_BUFFS_AVAIL(dp) > 0)
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netif_wake_queue(dp->dev);
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2) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a
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1) After the ndo_stop routine has been called, the hardware must
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not receive or transmit any data. All in flight packets must
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be aborted. If necessary, poll or wait for completion of
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be aborted. If necessary, poll or wait for completion of
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any reset commands.
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2) The ndo_stop routine will be called by unregister_netdevice
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decnet
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defza
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dns_resolver
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driver
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.. only:: subproject and html
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