Patch 1 fixes an existing bug. Belongs to the net branch. Patch 2 requires updating the virtio spec. Patch 3 only attempts to modify the sending of dim cmd to an asynchronous way, and does not affect the synchronization way of ethtool cmd. Heng Qi (3): virtio-net: fix possible dim status unrecoverable virtio-net: batch dim request virtio-net: reduce the CPU consumption of dim worker drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 197 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1
