net: introduce NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT
Some drivers use a too big NAPI poll weight.
This patch adds a NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT default value
and issues an error message if a driver attempts
to use a bigger weight.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a06a7a5..9610389 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4057,6 +4057,9 @@
napi->gro_list = NULL;
napi->skb = NULL;
napi->poll = poll;
+ if (weight > NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT)
+ pr_err_once("netif_napi_add() called with weight %d on device %s\n",
+ weight, dev->name);
napi->weight = weight;
list_add(&napi->dev_list, &dev->napi_list);
napi->dev = dev;
