[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix busy wait in ixgbevf_check_link()

Zhang, Helin helin.zhang at intel.com
Fri Apr 6 17:09:05 CEST 2018



> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Chas Williams
> Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 6:39 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo; Ananyev, Konstantin; Charles (Chas) Williams
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/ixgbe: fix busy wait in ixgbevf_check_link()
> 
> From: "Charles (Chas) Williams" <chas3 at att.com>
> 
> If we haven't set wait_to_complete, there is no need to busy wait until we
> have a link status.  Applications, like bonding, use the wait_to_complete flag to
> indicate that they will be doing their own busy wait and will likely be polling
> again shortly.
> 
> Fixes: dc66e5fd01b9 ("net/ixgbe: improve link state check on VF")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas3 at att.com>
Acked-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>

BTW, the title should be corrected by following the format rule of patches on
DPDK community. Basically it shouldn't mention the function name in the title.


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