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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 76384b8a7871..f28661d6f5ea 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -7029,7 +7029,23 @@ int netif_set_threaded(struct net_device *dev, bool threaded) return err; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_set_threaded); + +/** + * netif_threaded_enable() - enable threaded NAPIs + * @dev: net_device instance + * + * Enable threaded mode for the NAPI instances of the device. This may be useful + * for devices where multiple NAPI instances get scheduled by a single + * interrupt. Threaded NAPI allows moving the NAPI processing to cores other + * than the core where IRQ is mapped. + * + * This function should be called before @dev is registered. + */ +void netif_threaded_enable(struct net_device *dev) +{ + WARN_ON_ONCE(netif_set_threaded(dev, true)); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_threaded_enable); /** * netif_queue_set_napi - Associate queue with the napi |