[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/i40e: add alarm handler

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/11/2018 4:35 AM, Beilei Xing wrote:
> This patch adds alarm handler, and then i40e
> PF will use alarm handler instead of interrupt
> handler when device is started and Rx interrupt
> mode is disabled. This way will save CPU cycles
> during receiving packets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com>

<...>

> +static void
> +i40e_dev_alarm_handler(void *param)
> +{
> +	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = (struct rte_eth_dev *)param;
> +	struct i40e_hw *hw = I40E_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
> +	uint32_t icr0;
> +
> +	/* Disable interrupt */
> +	i40e_pf_disable_irq0(hw);
> +
> +	/* read out interrupt causes */
> +	icr0 = I40E_READ_REG(hw, I40E_PFINT_ICR0);
> +
> +	/* No interrupt event indicated */
> +	if (!(icr0 & I40E_PFINT_ICR0_INTEVENT_MASK)) {
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "No interrupt event");

Hi Beilei, Qi,

This prints an "info" level log each 50ms which makes console unusable.

This patch already merged in master repo.
So can you please send another patch to remove the log?

Thanks,
ferruh