Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:16:02 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: use tasklet_kill in device remove/close process | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:29:57 +0800
> Some driver uses tasklet_disable in device remove/close process, > tasklet_disable will inc tasklet->count and return. If the tasklet > is not handled yet because some softirq pressure, the tasklet will > placed on the tasklet_vec, never have a chance to excute. This might > lead to ksoftirqd heavy loaded, wakeup with pending_softirq, but > tasklet is disabled. tasklet_kill should be used in this case. > > Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@tencent.com>
Applied.
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