sfc-falcon: remove ndo_poll_controller

As diagnosed by Song Liu, ndo_poll_controller() can
be very dangerous on loaded hosts, since the cpu
calling ndo_poll_controller() might steal all NAPI
contexts (for all RX/TX queues of the NIC). This capture
can last for unlimited amount of time, since one
cpu is generally not able to drain all the queues under load.

sfc-falcon uses NAPI for TX completions, so we better let core
networking stack call the napi->poll() to avoid the capture.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com>
Cc: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Cc: Bert Kenward <bkenward@solarflare.com>
Acked-By: Bert Kenward <bkenward@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c
index dd5530a..03e2455 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c
@@ -2054,29 +2054,6 @@ static void ef4_fini_napi(struct ef4_nic *efx)
 
 /**************************************************************************
  *
- * Kernel netpoll interface
- *
- *************************************************************************/
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-
-/* Although in the common case interrupts will be disabled, this is not
- * guaranteed. However, all our work happens inside the NAPI callback,
- * so no locking is required.
- */
-static void ef4_netpoll(struct net_device *net_dev)
-{
-       struct ef4_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-       struct ef4_channel *channel;
-
-       ef4_for_each_channel(channel, efx)
-               ef4_schedule_channel(channel);
-}
-
-#endif
-
-/**************************************************************************
- *
  * Kernel net device interface
  *
  *************************************************************************/
@@ -2250,9 +2227,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ef4_netdev_ops = {
        .ndo_set_mac_address    = ef4_set_mac_address,
        .ndo_set_rx_mode        = ef4_set_rx_mode,
        .ndo_set_features       = ef4_set_features,
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-       .ndo_poll_controller = ef4_netpoll,
-#endif
        .ndo_setup_tc           = ef4_setup_tc,
 #ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
        .ndo_rx_flow_steer      = ef4_filter_rfs,