From: Olaf Kirch <olaf.kirch@oracle.com>
To: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:55:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200707170955.38536.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070717061458.GB1640@ff.dom.local>
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 08:14, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> > If after poll_napi dev->quota <= 0 dev->poll is not run and
> > __LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED bit (plus dev->poll_list) stays uncleared.
>
> Or, more precisely dev->poll_list will be cleared just after this,
> and net_rx_action returns with __LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED bit set.
I don't think so. dev will remain on poll_list.
What I find more problematic about this portion of code though
is that once a net_device is over quota, net_rx_action will
loop for up to one jiffy, even if there's just this one device on
the poll_list.
Olaf
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-16 9:12 [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll Ingo Molnar
2007-07-16 10:35 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-16 11:26 ` David Miller
2007-07-16 12:18 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-16 13:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-16 21:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-16 22:06 ` David Miller
2007-07-16 21:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-16 21:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-16 22:09 ` David Miller
2007-07-16 22:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-16 22:57 ` David Miller
2007-07-17 18:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-16 22:08 ` David Miller
2007-07-16 22:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-16 22:52 ` David Miller
2007-07-16 23:17 ` Matt Mackall
2007-07-16 23:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-17 7:37 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-17 8:16 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-17 5:46 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-17 6:14 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-17 7:55 ` Olaf Kirch [this message]
2007-07-17 8:28 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-17 8:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-17 9:29 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-17 14:07 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-17 16:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-17 18:06 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-17 18:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-17 18:34 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-17 18:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-18 12:04 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-18 12:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-18 12:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-18 14:41 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-18 16:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 9:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 9:44 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 10:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 10:37 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 10:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 10:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 12:52 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 12:54 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 15:42 ` Kok, Auke
2007-07-19 16:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 19:13 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 19:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 19:35 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 19:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 20:02 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-20 9:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 15:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 15:27 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 15:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 15:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 16:05 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 16:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 17:36 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 17:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19 17:51 ` Olaf Kirch
2007-07-19 10:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-18 11:48 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-19 5:58 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-07-17 17:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-17 9:12 ` Jarek Poplawski
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