Re: [PATCH net-next v2] docs: networking: document NAPI

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:13:38 +0100 Francois Romieu wrote:
> NAPI processing also happens in the unusual context of netpoll.
> 
> I can't tell if it's better to be completely silent about it or to
> explicitely state that it is beyond the scope of the document.

I stayed away from it, because from the perspective of driver
developers and users the calling contexts should not be depended on.
So I tried to stay vague on that, and explain what they should do
rather than what the core does.



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