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Eric Dumazet 0c3b9d1b37 ibmvnic: 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.

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

ibmvnic_netpoll_controller() was completely wrong anyway,
as it was scheduling NAPI to service RX queues (instead of TX),
so I doubt netpoll ever worked on this driver.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: John Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-09-28 11:12:29 -07:00
arch xen: fixes for 4.19-rc5 2018-09-23 13:32:19 +02:00
block block: use nanosecond resolution for iostat 2018-09-21 20:26:59 -06:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
Documentation net-tcp: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_probe_interval is a u32 not int 2018-09-26 20:33:21 -07:00
drivers ibmvnic: remove ndo_poll_controller 2018-09-28 11:12:29 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs This pull request contains fixes for UBIFS: 2018-09-21 15:29:44 +02:00
include More patches than I'd like perhaps, but each seems reasonable: 2018-09-28 10:41:59 -07:00
init Kbuild updates for v4.19 (2nd) 2018-08-25 13:40:38 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm: properly return EIDRM in shm_lock() 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
kernel Merge gitolite.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-09-25 11:19:49 +02:00
lib lib/Kconfig.debug: fix three typos in help text 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
mm mm: slowly shrink slabs with a relatively small number of objects 2018-09-20 22:01:11 +02:00
net netpoll: do not test NAPI_STATE_SCHED in poll_one_napi() 2018-09-28 11:12:28 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: all XDP samples should unload xdp/bpf prog on SIGTERM 2018-08-16 21:55:32 +02:00
scripts linux-kselftest-4.19-rc5 2018-09-17 07:24:28 +02:00
security Revert "uapi/linux/keyctl.h: don't use C++ reserved keyword as a struct member name" 2018-09-25 13:28:58 +02:00
sound ASoC: Fixes for v4.19 2018-09-17 18:59:21 +02:00
tools Merge gitolite.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-09-25 11:19:49 +02:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt KVM: Remove obsolete kvm_unmap_hva notifier backend 2018-09-07 15:06:02 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Set IndentWrappedFunctionNames false 2018-08-01 18:38:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap libnvdimm-for-4.19_misc 2018-08-25 18:13:10 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS 9p: remove Ron Minnich from MAINTAINERS 2018-08-17 16:20:26 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Update maintainers for bnx2/bnx2x/qlge/qlcnic drivers. 2018-09-28 10:32:19 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.19-rc5 2018-09-23 19:15:18 +02:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.