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From: Matthew Hall <mhall-Hv3ogNYU3JfZZajBQzqCxQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: kernel: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s!
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:00:24 -0800
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:33:52AM -0600, Jay Rolette wrote:
> In kni_net_rx_normal(), it was calling netif_receive_skb() instead of
> netif_rx(). The source for netif_receive_skb() point out that it should
> only be called from soft-irq context, which isn't the case for KNI.

For the uninitiated among us, what was the practical effect of the coding 
error? Waiting forever for a lock which will never be available in IRQ 
context, or causing unintended re-entrancy, or what?

Thanks,
Matthew.