Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] r8169: use new macro netif_subqueue_maybe_stop in rtl8169_start_xmit

From: Leon Romanovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:24:01 +0300

On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 01:33:11PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 16.04.2023 12:20, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 09:22:11AM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> >> Use new net core macro netif_subqueue_maybe_stop in the start_xmit path
> >> to simplify the code. Whilst at it, set the tx queue start threshold to
> >> twice the stop threshold. Before values were the same, resulting in
> >> stopping/starting the queue more often than needed.
> >>
> >> v2:
> >> - ring doorbell if queue was stopped
> > 
> > Please put changelog under "---" markup, below tags section.
> > 
> I know that this would be the standard. IIRC Dave once requested to
> make the change log part of the commit message.

I can imagine how it was useful before lore.kernel.org appeared.

Thanks

> > Thanks