Change napi_schedule to return a bool on NAPI successful schedule.
This might be useful for some driver to do additional steps after a
NAPI has been scheduled.
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes v2:
- Add Suggested-by tag
- Add Reviewed-by tag
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include/linux/netdevice.h | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 7e520c14eb8c..2bead8e2a14d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -490,11 +490,18 @@ bool napi_schedule_prep(struct napi_struct *n);
*
* Schedule NAPI poll routine to be called if it is not already
* running.
+ * Return true if we schedule a NAPI or false if not.
+ * Refer to napi_schedule_prep() for additional reason on why
+ * a NAPI might not be scheduled.
*/
-static inline void napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n)
+static inline bool napi_schedule(struct napi_struct *n)
{
- if (napi_schedule_prep(n))
+ if (napi_schedule_prep(n)) {
__napi_schedule(n);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
}
/**
--
2.40.1
