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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-11-24 17:01:43 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-11-24 17:01:43 -0800
commitb1bf78bfb2e4c9ffa03ccdbc60d89a2f7c5fd82c (patch)
treefcd93c3f54a72ca6a6ee97f015efebe6d80a3271 /net/core/dev.c
parentaea0a897af9e44c258e8ab9296fad417f1bc063a (diff)
parentd146194f31c96f9b260c5a1cf1592d2e7f82a2e2 (diff)
downloadlinux-b1bf78bfb2e4c9ffa03ccdbc60d89a2f7c5fd82c.tar.gz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d83582623cd7..f69b2fcdee40 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5981,11 +5981,14 @@ bool napi_complete_done(struct napi_struct *n, int work_done)
 		if (work_done)
 			timeout = n->dev->gro_flush_timeout;
 
+		/* When the NAPI instance uses a timeout and keeps postponing
+		 * it, we need to bound somehow the time packets are kept in
+		 * the GRO layer
+		 */
+		napi_gro_flush(n, !!timeout);
 		if (timeout)
 			hrtimer_start(&n->timer, ns_to_ktime(timeout),
 				      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
-		else
-			napi_gro_flush(n, false);
 	}
 	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&n->poll_list))) {
 		/* If n->poll_list is not empty, we need to mask irqs */