netif_tx_napi_add (9) - Linux Manuals

netif_tx_napi_add: initialize a NAPI context

NAME

netif_tx_napi_add - initialize a NAPI context

SYNOPSIS

void netif_tx_napi_add(struct net_device dev, struct napi_struct napi, int (*poll(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight);

ARGUMENTS

dev

network device

napi

NAPI context

poll

polling function

weight

default weight

DESCRIPTION

This variant of netif_napi_add should be used from drivers using NAPI to exclusively poll a TX queue. This will avoid we add it into napi_hash[], thus polluting this hash table.

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