Re: [PATCH] r8169: Fix rtl8169_rx_interrupt()

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:08:31 +0200

> [PATCH net-next-2.6] r8169: Fix rtl8169_rx_interrupt()
> 
> In case a reset is performed, rtl8169_rx_interrupt() is called from
> process context instead of softirq context. Special care must be taken
> to call appropriate network core services (netif_rx() instead of
> netif_receive_skb()). VLAN handling also corrected.
> 
> Reported-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
> Diagnosed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, but:

> +/*
> + * Warning : rtl8169_rx_interrupt() might be called :
> + * 1) from NAPI (softirq) context
> + *	(polling = 1 : we should call netif_receive_skb())
> + * 2) from process context (rtl8169_reset_task())
> + *	(polling = 0 : we must call netif_rx() instead)
> + */		
      ^^^^^^^^

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