Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:23:52 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bnx2: Use dev_kfree_skb_any() in bnx2_tx_int() | From | Cong Wang <> |
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:40 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote: > From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:50:08 -0700 > >> Normally ->poll() is called in softirq context, while netpoll could >> be called in any context depending on its caller. > > It still makes amends to make the execution context still looks > "compatible" as far as locking et al. is concerned.
Adjusting netpoll code for IRQ context is much harder than just calling dev_kfree_skb_any()...
What's more, we have similar change before:
commit ed79bab847d8e5a2986d8ff43c49c6fb8ee3265f Author: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Date: Wed Oct 14 14:36:43 2009 +0000
virtio_net: use dev_kfree_skb_any() in free_old_xmit_skbs()
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